10. This verse sets forth very forcibly the contrast between the righteous and the ungodly, thus making the blessedness of the godly appear all the more remarkable. Usually we see the blessing and the curse set one over against the other, to invest both with the greater solemnity. The wicked shall see it, and be grieved. The ungodly will first see the example of the saints to their own condemnation, and will at last behold the happiness of the godly to the increase of their eternal misery. The child of wrath will fret and fume, but will not be able to prevent it, for God’s blessing is sure and effectual. He shall gnash with his teeth. Being very wrathful, and exceedingly envious, he would grind the righteous between his teeth; but as he cannot do that, he grinds his teeth against each other. And melt away. The heat of his passion will melt him like wax, and the sun of God’s providence will dissolve him like snow, and at the last the fire of divine vengeance will consume him as the fat of rams. How horrible must that life be which like the snail melts as it proceeds, leaving a slimy trail behind. Those who are grieved at goodness deserve to be worn away by such an abominable sorrow. The desire of the wicked shall perish. He shall not achieve his purpose; he will die a disappointed man. By wickedness he hoped to accomplish his purpose—that very wickedness will be his defeat. While the righteous will endure forever, and their memory will be always green, the ungodly and his name will rot from off the face of the earth.
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