Virtue Hated by the Wicked
D. Caldwell, M. A. Psalm 26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. Saul not only sought David's life with his own hand, but bribed others to seek it, and betray him into his power (1 Samuel 22:6-19). In this way the Jews treated the Son of David. Failing to accomplish His death themselves, they at last bribed one of His own disciples to betray Him into their hands. It is strange that goodness should have always met with such treatment at the hands of the world. Many have thought, in their ignorance of the human heart, that virtue only needs to be presented in her own beautiful colours to be at once loved by all. So an eminent Scotch divine thought when, after depicting in terms of glowing eloquence the moral beauty and amiability of virtue, he exclaimed, "O virtue, if thou wert embodied, all men would love thee!" His colleague later, addressing the same congregation, said, "My reverend friend observed that if virtue were embodied all men would love her. Virtue has been embodied. But how was she treated? Did all men love her? No; she was despised and rejected of men, who, after defaming, insulting, and scourging her, led her to Calvary, where they crucified her between two thieves." (D. Caldwell, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. WEB: in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.