Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will not learn justice: in the land of the saints he hath done wicked things, and he shall not see the glory of the Lord.
Ibn Ezra
יחן Let favour be shewn. A verb ע״ע; it is a form like יוסב is turned (28:27).—God is merciful to the wicked, but they will not learn righteousness; He has patience with them for a long time, they might perhaps improve. In the land of uprightness. In the place where the people are upright, they (the wicked) will do wrong. נבחות Straightforwardness. It is related to נכח before (Ex. 26:35); comp. נכחים right (2 Sam. 15:3). And will not behold, etc. He does not wish to consider the greatness of God.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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