Note, 1. Sin is the ruin of great families: The house of the wicked,
though built ever so strong and high, shall be overthrown, shall be
brought to poverty and disgrace, and at length be extinct. His hope for
heaven, the house on which he leans, shall not stand, but fail in the
storm; the deluge that comes will sweep it away. 2. Righteousness is
the rise and stability even of mean families: Even the tabernacle of
the upright, though movable and despicable as a tent, shall flourish,
in outward prosperity if Infinite Wisdom see good, at all events in
graces and comfort, which are true riches and honours.