CRITICAL NOTES.--+1. Heaviness,+ "grief." +3. The soul of the righteous,+ literally, "the spirit of the righteous." +But He casteth away, etc.+ Zöckler and Delitzsch have read, "but the craving of the wicked He disappointeth." Miller thus translates the whole verse: "Jehovah will not starve the righteous appetite, but the craving of the wicked He will thrust away." +4. Dealeth,+ rather, "worketh." +6.+ Zöckler and most commentators translate the second clause of this verse, "the mouth of the wicked hideth or covereth violence or iniquity." Stuart reads, "the mouth of the wicked concealeth injury." Miller adheres nearly to the Authorised Version, and understands it to mean that "wrong shuts up all chance of feast and comfort." It will be observed, that this latter reading renders the clause antithetical to the former part of the verse, which is not the case with the other renderings. +9. Be known,+ _i.e.,_ "be made known," or discovered. +11.+ For second clause, see on verse 6. +14. Lay up,+ literally, "conceal," _i.e.,_ "husband the knowledge and understanding which they possess for the right time and place, do not squander it in unreasonable talk or babbling" (_Zöckler_). +Near destruction,+ rather, _is a_ near destruction, _i.e.,_ "is a quickly destroying agency" (_Lange's Commentary_). +16. Labour,+ _i.e.,_ "the gain," "the reward of labour." +Fruit,+ "gain," antithetical to the subject of the first clause. +17.+ Not, +He is in the way,+ but "He _is_ the way." +Erreth,+ causeth others to err. +18.+ Not, +with lying lips,+ but "is of lying lips." "The meaning of this second clause does not stand in the relation of an antithesis to the preceding, but in that of a climax, adding a worse case to one not so bad. If one conceals his hatred within himself, he becomes a malignant flatterer; but if he gives expression to it in slander, abuse, and base detraction, then, as a genuine fool, he brings upon himself the greatest injury" (_Zöckler_). +22.+ Delitzsch and Zöckler read the second clause, "and labour addeth nothing thereto," _i.e.,_ "God's blessing is in itself all in all, and makes right without any effort." Stuart and Miller translate as the Authorised Version, and the former understands it to signify that "sorrow shall not necessarily increase by riches when it is Jehovah Himself who bestows them." +25.+ "_When_ the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more." +29.+ "Jehovah's way is a fortress to the upright, but _it is destruction_ to the workers of iniquity." +31. Cut out,+ "rooted out." _MAIN HOMILETICS OF VERSE_ 1. PARENTAL GRIEF AND GLADNESS.