Psalms 34:21

“Evil shall slay the wicked, etc.] Meaning either the evil they designed against the righteous shall return and fall upon their heads, to their own ruin; or the evil of affliction, which to them is the evil of punishment, both here and hereafter, from which they will have no deliverance in the end; though the righteous have from their afflictions, being not properly punishments, but chastisements for sin, and are but for a time; or else the evil of sin, which is the cause of death corporeal and eternal; and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate; or “shall be guilty” f495; be found so; or “shall be condemned”, or “damned”, as the Targum renders it. All wicked men hate the righteous,…”

“Contrast in the destiny of righteous and wicked; the former shall be delivered and never come into condemnation (Joh 5:24; Rom 8:1); the latter are left under condemnation and desolate. Next: Psalms Chapter 35”

“Evil shall slay the wicked - That is, his own wicked conduct will be the cause of his destruction. His ruin is not arbitrary, or the mere result of a divine appointment; it is caused by sin, and is the regular and natural consequence of guilt. In the destruction of the sinner, there will not be any one thing which cannot be explained by the supposition that it is the regular effect of sin, or what sin is, in its own nature, suited to produce. The one will measure the other; guilt will be the measure of all that there is in the punishment. And they that hate the righteous - Another term for the wicked, or a term designating the character of the wicked in one aspect or view. It is true of all…”

“Evil: Psa 37:30-40, Psa 94:23; Isa 3:11 they: Psa 37:12-15, Psa 40:15, Psa 89:23; Sa1 19:4, Sa1 19:5, Sa1 31:4; Kg1 22:8, Kg1 22:37; Luk 19:14, Luk 19:27; Luk 19:41-44; Joh 7:7, Joh 15:18-23; Th1 2:15, Th1 2:16; Th2 1:6, Th2 1:9 desolate: or, guilty, Exo 20:7 Psalms 34:22”