He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
God does not keep the wicked alive, but withholds from them preservation of life. The ungodly have no claim upon divine protection and no promise of deliverance in the day of calamity, but are given over into the hands of him whose children they are. That withholding from the wicked is visibly manifest at the present time. By contrast, the righteous fulfill their full allotted time, perform all that God has appointed for them, and complete their whole work, and then and not until then, by the will of God, they lay their armor down, fall asleep in death, and leave the living.
God does not keep the wicked alive, but withholds from them preservation of life. The ungodly have no claim upon divine protection and no promise of deliverance in the day of calamity, but are given over into the hands of him whose children they are. That withholding from the wicked is visibly manifest at the present time. By contrast, the righteous fulfill their full allotted time, perform all that God has appointed for them, and complete their whole work, and then and not until then, by the will of God, they lay their armor down, fall asleep in death, and leave the living.