Verse 10
10. The spirit of the world toward Christ and his Church is well set forth in this verse.
Grieved Properly, enraged.
Gnash with his teeth Expressive of a transport of impotent rage. See Psalms 35:16; Psalms 37:12; Acts 7:54.
Melt away Their combinations dissolve, their adherents lessen, and their hearts grow faint and feeble, as they behold the futility of all their schemes, and remember that God and public sentiment are against them. Psalms 68:2.
The desire of the wicked shall perish In Hebrew psychology this simply means the desire shall not be gratified. While the desire or passion itself remains namely, the envy, jealousy, hatred, rage, toward God and his holy people the gratification is precluded. As the thirsty man, when water is taken away, becomes a prey to his appetite, so these perish in the defeat and disappointment of their malice, which now returns upon the soul and becomes a fire that is unquenchable. See Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7.
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