Mishle 20:22

22 Say not thou, I will pay back rah; but wait on Hashem, and He shall save thee.

Mishle 20:22 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil
With evil; do an injury to one that has done one to you; private revenge is not to be taken, but should be left to God, to whom vengeance belongs, ( Deuteronomy 32:35 Deuteronomy 32:41 ) ; [but] wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee;
commit thyself and cause to God; leave it with him to avenge thy wrongs; wait upon him in the way of thy duty, and wait his own time to do thee justice; he will at the proper season, and in his own way, save thee from thine enemy, and make a righteous retribution to him.

Mishle 20:22 In-Context

20 He who curseth aviv or immo, his ner (lamp) shall be put out in deep choshech.

21 A nachalah (inheritance) may be gotten hastily at the rishonah (beginning); but the acharit (latter end) thereof shall not have a bracha.

22 Say not thou, I will pay back rah; but wait on Hashem, and He shall save thee.

23 Differing weights are a to’evah unto Hashem, and scales of mirmah (deceit) are not tov.

24 The steps of a gever are from Hashem; how can an adam then understand his own derech (way, life’s course)?