the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous] Mic. 6. 9. Zechariah 9:1. Though God suffer his to be under the crosse, lest they should embrace wickednesse; yet this crosse shall not so rest upon them that it should drive them from hope, and cause them to betake themselves to evill courses, Proverbs 30:9. the wicked] Heb. wickednesse.