Ver.  20.  He  keeps  all  His  bones,  so  that  not  one  of  them  is
broken,  v,z.  without  His  will  and  gracious  permission.  Compare
Matt.  X  30,  where  we  are  told  that  the  hairs  on  the  head  of
the  godly  are  all  numbered.
Ver.  21.  Misfortune  slays  the  wicked,  and  the  haters  of  the
righteous  become  guilty.  The  relation  in  which  this  verse  stands
to  the  19th,  does  not  permit  us  to  render  njn  by  "  wickedness,"
the  term  for  which,  in  the  Psalms,  is  always  jn.  There,  the
godly  man  is  delivered  out  of  all  misfortune ;  here,  misfortune  is
fatal  to  the  wicked.  To  «  become  guilty,"  is  to  be  represented,
or  to  appear  guilty.
Ver.  22.  The  Lord  delivereth  f.Iie  soul  of  His  servants,  and
none  of  those  who  trust  in  Him  become  guilty.  This  is  the  sum
of  the  whole  Psalm.  The  soul  is  mentioned,  because,  as  is  ob-
vious from  the  opposition  to  ver.  21,  and  from  the  personal  ex-
perience of  David  (compare  ver.  1),  the  subject  of  which  the
author  is  treating,  is  danger  to  life.
END  OF  VOL.  I.
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