Verse 3
3. Rivers of water The word “rivers,” here, properly denotes lesser or divided “rivers,” such as proceed either from fountains, where moisture is naturally found in the dry season, (1 Kings 18:5,) or such artificial channels as abounded in Egypt and Babylonia, (see on Psalms 137:1,) and on a smaller scale in the lowlands and gardens of Palestine.
Ecclesiastes 2:5-6; Isaiah 58:11. Such irrigating streams (Psalms 46:4) were a luxury to the people of a parching climate.
Fruit in his season Comp. Matthew 13:5-6.
Leaf shall not wither The leaf, an ornament of beauty, the most delicate of its vital organs, and so the earliest to betray any want of vitality in the tree.
Whatsoever he doeth Conformably to his character and profession.
Shall prosper Herein is brought out the literal import of the foregoing figures. That the righteous shall prosper is an eternal truth under the moral government of God, (1 Timothy 4:8;) not always in this life and in worldly things, but morally, upon the whole, and in the final result, which shows the necessity of a judgment day, and of final awards.
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