Ver. 10 is not parallel with the last verse of Psalm cxi., which stands, as we have seen, somewhat beyond the scope of the rest of that psalm. It gives one brief glimpse of the fate of the evil-doer, in opposition to the loving picture of the blessedness of the righteous. Thus it too is rather beyond the immediate object of the psalm of which it forms part. The wicked _sees_, in contrast with the righteous man's _seeing_ in ver. 8. The one looks with peace on the short duration of antagonistic power, and rejoices that there is a God of recompenses; the other grinds his teeth in envious rage, as he beholds the perpetuity of the righteous. He "shall melt away," _i.e._, in jealousy or despair. Opposition to goodness, since it is enmity towards God, is self-condemned to impotence and final failure. Desires turned for satisfaction elsewhere than to God are sure to perish. The sharp contrast between the righteousness of the good man, which endures for ever, in his steadfast because trustful heart, and the crumbling schemes and disappointed hopes which gnaw the life of the man whose aims go athwart God's will, solemnly proclaims an eternal truth. This psalm, like Psalm i., touches the two poles of possible human experience, in its first and last words, beginning with "happy the man" and ending with "shall perish." PSALM CXIII. Hallelujah. 1 Praise, ye servants of Jehovah, Praise the name of Jehovah. 2 Be the name of Jehovah blessed From henceforth and for evermore! 3 From the rising of the sun to its going down, Praised be the name of Jehovah. 4 High above all nations is Jehovah, Above the heavens His glory. 5 Who is like Jehovah our God? Who sits enthroned on high, 6 Who looks far below On the heavens and on the earth; 7 Who raises the helpless from the dust, From the rubbish-heap He lifts the needy, 8 To seat him with nobles, With the nobles of His people; 9 Who seats the barren [woman] in a house, --A glad mother of her children. This pure burst of praise is the first of the psalms composing the Hallel, which was sung at the three great feasts (Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles), as well as at the festival of Dedication and at the new moons. "In the domestic celebration of the Passover night 'the Hallel' is divided into two parts; the one half, Psalms cxiii., cxiv., being sung before the repast, before the emptying of the second festal cup, and the other half, Psalms cxv.-cxviii., after the repast, after the filling of the fourth cup, to which the 'having sung an hymn' in Matt. xxvi. 30, Mark xiv. 26, ... may refer" (Delitzsch, _in loc._).