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תָּם might even be taken as neuter for תֹּם, and יָשָׂר for יֹשֶׁר; but in this case the poet would have written רְעֵה instead of רְאֵה; שָׁמַר is therefore used as, e.g., in 1Sa 1:12. By כִּי that to which attention is specially called is introduced. The man of peace has a totally different lot from the evil-doer who delights in contention and persecution. As the fruit of his love of peace he has אַֽחֲרִית, a future, Pro 23:18; Pro 24:14, viz., in his posterity, Pro 24:20; whereas the apostates are altogether blotted out; not merely they themselves, but even the posterity of the ungodly is cut off, Amo 4:2; Amo 9:1; Eze 23:25. To them remains no posterity to carry forward their name, their אַֽחֲרִית is devoted to destruction (cf. Psa 109:13 with Num 24:20).