Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.
KJV
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Commentary
Commentary
Cease from anger,.... Either at these wicked men who are so prosperous, or at God, who for the present suffers it; see
Jon 4:9
,
Pro 19:3
;
and forsake wrath; which is anger wrought up to a greater degree; and the rather to be shunned and avoided, as being very disagreeable to the character of a good man;
fret not thyself in any wise to do evil; evil may be done by fretting at the prosperity of wicked men, or by imitating them, doing as they do, in hope of being prosperous as they are; from which the psalmist dissuades by reasons following.
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