The memory of the just is blessed: But the name of the wicked shall rot (Prov. 10:7); where, in the original Hebrew, each clause consists of three words. In such an antithetic parallelism the words of one couplet, at least, must correspond in meaning, as here _memory_ and _name_; while the others are in contrast--_just_ and _wicked_, _is blessed_ and _shall rot_. Sometimes the two clauses are to be mutually supplied from each other, thus: A wise son maketh a glad father: But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother (Prov. 10:1); where the reader understands that a wise son is the joy, and a foolish son the grief of both father and mother. The _second_ form is the _synonymous_, where the same general thought is repeated in two or more clauses. It is found abundantly in the whole range of Hebrew poetry, but is peculiarly adapted to that which is of a placid and contemplative character. Sometimes the parallel clauses simply repeat the same thought in different words; in other cases there is only a general resemblance. Examples are the following: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: The Lord shall have them in derision. Psa. 2:4. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous: With favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Psa. 5:12. Perish the day wherein I was born; And the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. Job 3:3. Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom: Give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. Isa. 1:10. In the following example we have a _compound_ synonymous couplet: Give them according to their deeds, According to the wickedness of their endeavors: Give them after the work of their hands, Render to them their desert. Psa. 28:4 Sometimes three or more parallel clauses occur, thus: When your fear cometh as desolation, And your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish cometh upon you. Prov. 1:27. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; Thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. Psa. 103:3-5. In the preceding example, synonymous parallelism passes into _simple enumeration_. So often with a succession of short clauses, or shorter and longer clauses, where the poetry of the Hebrews assumes the freedom of prose, thus: Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? Prov. 23:39. A sinful nation; A people laden with iniquity; A seed of evil-doers; Corrupt children: They have forsaken the Lord; They have despised the Holy One of Israel; They have gone away backward. Isa. 1:4. The parallel clauses are frequently introduced or followed by a single clause, thus: