Psalms 17:14

14. Thy hand By thy hand; same as by thy sword, Psalms 17:13.

Men of the world The word “world,” here, comes from the idea of time, duration, and means the passing world, this temporary state of things, same as αιων . Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:19. Men of the world, therefore, are men who live for temporary and perishable things, same as “children of this world,” (Luke 16:8,) “man of the earth,” (Psalms 10:18,) which see.

Their portion in this life “This life” is opposed to the life to come, as time is to eternity. See Job 21:13-14; Luke 6:24; Luke 16:25. No language could more clearly define the sensuous and the spiritual character, the temporary present and the eternal future life, the carnally minded and the spiritually minded, the lovers of this world and the lovers of God, as unfolded in the New Testament.

Full of children Satisfied with children. Wealth and a numerous posterity were their portion, and in these they rested all their hope.