Note, 1. Piety is a sure protection. If men be sincerely righteous, the
righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. He will,
by the power of his grace in them, that principle of justice, keep them
from the evil of sin; so that, though they be tempted, yet they shall
not be overcome by the temptation, and though they may come into
trouble, into many troubles, yet to them those troubles shall have no
evil in them, whatever they have to others (Ps. xci. 10), for they
shall be overruled to work for their good. 2. Wickedness is as sure a
destruction. Those that live in contempt of God and man, that are set
on mischief, with mischief they shall be filled. They shall be more
mischievous, shall be filled with all unrighteousness, Rom. i. 29. Or
they shall be made miserable with the mischiefs that shall come upon
them. Those that delight in mischief shall have enough of it. Some read
the whole verse thus, There shall no evil happen to the just, though
the wicked be filled with mischief and spite against them. They shall
be safe under the protection of Heaven, though hell itself break loose
upon them.