That is, 1. The wicked are oftentimes impoverished and brought low, so
that they are forced to beg, their wickedness having reduced them to
straits; while good men, by the blessing of God, are enriched, and
enabled to give, and do give, even to the evil; for where God grants
life we must not deny a livelihood. 2. Sometimes God extorts, even from
bad men, an acknowledgement of the excellency of God's people. The evil
ought always to bow before the good, and sometimes they are made to do
it and to know that God has loved them, Rev. iii. 9. They desire their
favour (Esth. vii. 7), their prayers, 2 Kings iii. 12. 3. There is a
day coming when the upright shall have the dominion (Ps. xlix. 14),
when the foolish virgins shall come begging to the wise for oil, and
shall knock in vain at that gate of the Lord at which the righteous
entered.