“When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.”
King James Version (KJV)
11:8 Cometh - Into trouble.
11:9 Delivered - From the infection of the hypocrite's evil counsel.
11:11 The blessing - Wherewith they bless the city, by their sincere prayers, and wise and wholesome counsels. The mouth - By their curses, and oaths, and blasphemies, and wicked counsels.
11:12 Despiseth - Which he shews by contemptuous or reproachful expressions. Holdeth peace - Forbears all such expressions, and silently and patiently bears those reproaches.