Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 94:12

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy Law :

And whereas these ungodly persons esteem themselves the onely happy men, and conclude thy people to be of all men the most miserable, because of the manifold persecutions and afflictions which they commonly suffer, and upon this account dispute against thy providence, so far is their opinion from the truth, that the contrary is most certain, that as their prosperity is a real mischief to them, so those afflictions of good men which are accompanied with divine instructions are great and true blessings to them, themselves being judges.

Marginal references: Heb. 12. 11.