But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
Rashi
And the eyes of the wicked your enemies,
will fail when they turn to your troubles to see, but will not achieve their desire. Every expression of כליון עינים failure of the eyes, in the holy tongue means one who looks forward to see something but does not achieve [his wish], and as (Deut. 28:32) “and languish (כלות) for them etc.”
way to flee Heb. מנוס. That is a refuge
and their hope What they hope to see in you will be intense grief for them.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.