Verse 1. Ruler - With a great man.

Verse 2. Put a knife - Restrain thine appetite, as if a man stood with a knife at thy throat.

Verse 3. Deceitful - They do not yield thee that satisfaction which thou didst expect from them.

Verse 4. Thine own wisdom - From worldly wisdom, which persuades men to use all possible means to get riches.

Verse 5. Set thine eyes - Look upon it with earnestness and desire. Is not - Which has no solid and settled being. Eagle - Swiftly, strongly, and irrecoverably.

Verse 6. Evil eye - Of the envious or covetous man.

Verse 7. So is he - You are not to judge of him by his words, but by the constant temper of his mind.

Verse 8. Vomit up - When thou perceivest his churlish disposition, his meat will be loathsome to thee. Sweet words - Thy pleasant discourse wherewith thou didst design to delight and profit him.

Verse 9. Of a fool - Cast not away good counsels upon incorrigible sinners.

Verse 10. Enter not - To possess their lands.

Verse 11. Redeemer - Hebrew. their near kinsman, to whom it belongs to avenge their wrongs, and to recover and maintain their rights.

Verse 13. Shall not die - It is a likely way to prevent his destruction.

Verse 16. My reins - I shall rejoice with all my soul.

Verse 18. An end - An expected and happy end for such as fear God.

Verse 19. Guide - Order the whole course of thine affections and actions. In the way - In God's way.

Verse 23. Buy - Purchase it upon any terms, spare no pains or cost. Truth - The true and saving knowledge of God's will. Sell it not - Do not forsake it for any worldly advantage.

Verse 26. Give me - Solomon here speaks in God's name.

Verse 30. Mixt wine - Either mixed with water, or with other ingredients to make it strong and delicious.

Verse 31. Red - Which was the colour of the best wines in that country. Aright - When it sparkles, and seems to smile upon a man.

Verse 34. Lieth down - To sleep. Sea - In a ship in the midst of the sea.