Here is, 1. The comfort of good men flourishing and lasting: The light
of the righteous rejoices, that is, it increases, and makes them glad.
Even their outward prosperity is their joy, and much more those gifts,
graces, and comforts, with which their souls are illuminated; these
shine more and more, ch. iv. 18. The Spirit is their light, and he
gives them a fulness of joy, and rejoices to do them good. 2. The
comfort of bad men withering and dying: The lamp of the wicked burns
dimly and faint; it looks melancholy, like a taper in an urn, and it
will shortly be put out in utter darkness, Isa. l. 11. The light of the
righteous is as that of the sun, which may be eclipsed and clouded, but
will continue; that of the wicked is as a lamp of their own kindling,
which will presently go out and is easily put out.