The curse of the Lord is in the house of the
wicked
The wicked man, being a transgressor of the law, is under the
curse of it; and all that he has, his house, his substance, his
very blessings are curses; see ( Malachi 2:2 ) (
Zechariah
5:2-4 ) ; he is accursed amidst his greatest affluence, and
sometimes from a plentiful estate is reduced to penury and want:
and Aben Ezra interprets it, "the curse of want"; and the Vulgate
Latin version is, "want from the Lord is" but he blesseth
the habitation of the just;
the righteous man, as before described; he is blessed himself,
having the righteousness of Christ imputed to him, and his sins
forgiven him for his sake; and what he has of worldly substance,
though it be ever so little, he has it with a blessing; and
therefore it is better than the riches of many wicked men; his
house, though it is but a courage, as the word F11 here
signifies, is blessed with the presence of God in it; his family,
his children, and servants, are blessed, having his instructions
and example, and especially when made effectual by the grace of
God; as the house of Obededom was blessed for the sake of the
ark, so is a just man's house, being a "bethel", an house of God,
blessed on account of his worship in it; see ( 2 Samuel
6:11 ) .