| Geneva Study Bible Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's {g} judgment cometh from the LORD. (g) He does not need to flatter the ruler, for what God has appointed will come to him. Wesley's Notes 29:26 Judgment - The decision of his cause, and the success of all his endeavours. King James Translators' Notes the ruler's...: Heb. the face of a ruler Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 26. (Compare Margin; Ps 27:8). God alone will and can do exact justice. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 29:26. The wisest course is, to look to God, and seek the favour of the Ruler of rulers; for every creature is that to us which God makes it to be. 27. The just man abhors the sins of the wicked, and shuns their company. Christ exposed the wickedness of men, yet prayed for the wicked when they were crucifying him. Hatred to sin in ourselves and others, is a needful branch of the Christian temper. But all that are unholy, have rooted hatred to godliness. |