Instead of fretting, let the godly trust in the Lord, and they will find that while the wicked “shall soon be cut down,” those who trust will dwell in the land and be fed.

Instead of fretting because of evildoers, let the believer delight in the Lord, and he shall be satisfied.

Instead of being stumbled and turned out of the right way by reason of the prosperity of the wicked, let the godly commit their way to the Lord. However rough it may be at the moment, the Lord will maintain the godly in the way, and make manifest the righteousness of those who keep in the way.

Instead of being impatient because, for the moment, the wicked man prospers in his way, let the soul rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him. Resting in the Lord, the soul is preserved from anger and wrath when he sees the prosperous way in which the desires of the wicked are brought to pass. To fret would only lead the soul into evil. In the Lord’s own time, the evildoers will be cut off, and those that wait upon the Lord will inherit the land.

Moreover it is not for long that patience will have to be exercised; it is but a little while and the wicked will pass away and the meek be established in blessing. If over-occupied with the prosperity of the wicked, we may fret and become angry and impatient; the Lord, however, derides the wicked who plot against the just, for the Lord sees that his day is coming when, in the government of God, the wicked will fall by the very violence that they have used against the upright.