Only with thine eyes shall thou behold
The flying arrow, the walking pestilence, and wasting
destruction, and the great devastations made by it:
and see the reward of the wicked;
the vengeance of God upon them, and this as a just punishment for
their sins; not looking upon it with delight and pleasure,
rejoicing in the misery of their fellow creatures, any otherwise
than as the glory of divine justice is displayed in it; see (
Psalms 52:6 )
( 68:10
) , the pestilence is always threatened, and it always comes, as
a Judgment upon a wicked generation of men; and so it is ever to
be considered, and is considered by good men, ( Leviticus
26:5 ) ( Deuteronomy
28:20 Deuteronomy
28:21 ) .