The desire of the righteous [is] only good
Or, "what is good" F26; only good is the object of it. His
desire is to do good, and that only; though be does not always do
what he would do: as he delights in the law of God, after the
inward man; as he is a righteous, holy, and good man, and would
be conformable thereunto, and serves it with his mind, will, and
affections; his desires are to the Lord, and to the remembrance
of his name; he desires his favour, the discoveries of his love,
communion with him, and communications of grace from him; he
desires all spiritual good things, and everything that is good,
for himself and others, and which he desires in submission to the
will of God; and all things do work for and issue in his good.
Good is what he is continually desirous of, wishing and praying
for; and good is what he has eventually here and hereafter:
though there may be many irregular and unlawful desires in him at
times, and all things he has may not seem good; yet acting as a
good man, his desires are only good, and there is nothing attends
him but what is for his good; [but] the expectation of the
wicked [is] wrath;
what he is desirous of, wishing, and looking for, is wrath and
vengeance upon all that displease him, and he is angry with; he
desires no good to them, but evil; he desires and hopes for
nothing but what is offensive to God, and will bring upon him his
fierce wrath and sore displeasure; so that eventually nothing
else will be the fruit and consequence of his expectation and
hope; and some are so shockingly profane, and so dreadfully
hardened, that they wait for hell, as Jarchi on the place
observes; they look for damnation and expect it, and are easy
about it.