The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of
the
wicked
Not so much the stately palace he lives in, and the furniture of
it, as the glory, splendour, riches, and largeness of his family;
the flourishing condition he and they are in: he considers how
they came into it, the short continuance of it, and what the end
will be, which in a short time wilt be ruin and destruction; and
therefore be does not envy their present happiness, or fret at
it. Gersom renders it,
``the righteous maketh the house of the wicked to prosper;''as Joseph did Potiphar's, and Jacob Laban's; or rather the Lord made them to prosper for their sakes. Jarchi interprets the righteous of God himself; who gives his heart, or has it in his heart to cut off the house of the wicked, as follows; [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness;