We are here taught as before (v. 3 and ch. x. 25, 30), 1. That the
triumphing of the wicked is short. They may be exalted for a while, but
in a little time they are overthrown and are not; their trouble proves
their overthrow, and those who made a great show disappear, and their
place knows them no more. Turn the wicked, and they are not; they stand
in such a slippery place that the least touch of trouble brings them
down, like the apples of Sodom, which look fair, but touch them and
they go to dust. 2. That the prosperity of the righteous has a good
bottom and will endure. Death will remove them, but their house shall
stand, their families shall be kept up, and the generation of the
upright shall be blessed.