A righteous [man] hateth lying
Or, "a word of falsehood" {y}; as being contrary to honour,
truth, and conscience. He hates it in himself and others; he
hates all sorts of lies, lies in common conversation, religious
lies, doctrinal ones, false doctrines, lies spoken in hypocrisy;
such as the followers of antichrist spread, being given up unto
them that they might be damned, ( 1 Timothy
4:2 ) ( 2
Thessalonians 2:11 2
Thessalonians 2:12 ) ; these are an abomination to God and
all good men, ( Revelation
21:27 ) ; but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh
to shame;
or, "causes" or "spreads a stink" F26: all wicked men are
loathsome and abominable, being very corrupt in principle and
practice; all over defiled with sin, and covered with wounds,
bruises, and putrefying sores, from the crown of the head to the
sole of the feet; and especially liars, who are often brought to
shame and confusion in this life, and will hereafter come to
everlasting shame and contempt. Or, "makes himself to stink"
F1; in the nostrils of all good men,
and so brought to shame: or "digs"; a metaphor, as Cartwright
thinks, from those that dig in the earth, where such as are
covered with shame would gladly put their heads.