Proverbs 23:18

Pro 23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Ver. 18. For surely there is an end, ] viz., Of their pomp and prosperity. Dum faenea quadam felicitate temporaliter floreant, as Augustine a hath it: while as grass they flourish, and then deflourish.

And thine expectation shall not be cut off. ] As the wicked shall. Psa 37:38 Cheer up, therefore, and do not despond: Flebile principium melior fortuna sequetur, as Queen Elizabeth was wont to say, while she was yet a prisoner, Then she envied the milkmaid that sang so merrily. But if she had known what a glorious reign she should have for four-and-forty years, she would not have envied her.

a Aug., Eph 120.