John Trapp on Proverbs 11:23

Verſ. 23. The deſire of the righteous is onely good] i. e. So far as hee is righteous, or ſpiritual; hee delights in the Law of God after the inward man, willing in all things to live honeſtly, Heb. 13.18. Evil motions haunt his minde otherwhiles, but there they inhabit not. Luſt was a ſtranger to David, as Peter Martyr obſerves out of Nathans Parable; There came a Traveller to this rich man, 2 Sam. 12.4. The main ſtream of his deſires, the courſe and current of his heart ran upon God and godlineſs, Pſal. 119.4, 5. And Pſal. 39.1, 3. Hee reſolved to do better than hee did. The ſpirit ever luſteth againſt the fleſh; howbeit when the fleſh gets the wind and hill of the ſpirit, all is not ſo well carried. As the Ferry-man plyes the Oar, and eyes the ſhore home-ward where hee would bee; yet there comes a guſt of wind that carries him back again: ſo it is oft with a Chriſtian. But every man is with God ſo good as he deſires to bee. In vita libro ſcribuntur qui quod poſſunt faciunt, et ſi quod debent, non poſſunt. [illegible: 1 letter]ern. They are written in the book of life, that do what good they can, though they cannot do as they would.

But the expectation of the wicked is wrath] i. e. The good they expect proves to bee indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguiſh, Rom. 2.8, 9. woful perplexities and convulſions of ſoul, which will bee ſo great and ſo grievous, as will make them rave and rage with madneſs and fury, eſpecially becauſe they looked for a better ſtate.