The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
Here is, 1. The desperate condition of a wicked man when he goes out of the world: He is driven away in his wickedness. He cleaves so closely to the world that he cannot find in his heart to leave it, but is driven away out of it; his soul is required, is forced from him, And sin cleaves so closely to him that it...
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness,.... That is, at death, as the opposite clause shows; he is driven out of the world, his heart is so much set on; from all the good things of it, which are his all, his portion; from the place of his abode, which will know him no more; and from all his friends and acquaintance, with whom...
driven--thrust out violently (compare Psa 35:5-6). hath hope--trusteth (Pro 10:2; Pro 11:4; Psa 2:12), implying assurance of help.