John Trapp on Proverbs 14:31

Verſ. 31. Hee that oppreſſeth the poor, reproacheth his Maker] Sith it is hee that maketh poor, and that maketh rich, and (thereby) killeth and maketh alive, 1 Sam. 2.6, 7. Rich men onely ſeem to bee alive. Hence David ſending his ſervants to that Pamphagus, 1 Sam. 25.6. that rich cormudgin Nabal, ſpeaketh on this ſort,Pſal. 88.5. Thus ſhall yee ſay to him that liveth (there is no more in the Original) as if rich men onely were alive; poor people are free among the dead (free of that company, as David was) when they are cruſhed and oppreſſed, eſpecially by rich Cormorants and Cannibals, Pſal. 14.4. A poor mans livelihood is his life, Luke 8.43. for a poor man in his houſe is like a ſnail in his ſhell, cruſh that, and you kill him. This reflects very much upon God, the poor mans King (as James the fourth of Scotland was called) who will not ſuffer it to paſs unpuniſhed; for hee is gracious. As unskilful Hunters may ſhoot at a beaſt, but kill a man: So do theſe oppreſſours, hit God the poor mans maker.

But hee honoureth him that hath mercy on the poor] Quibus verbis nihil gravius, nihil efficacius dici potuit: God takes it for an honour; how ſhould this prevail with us? Honour the Lord with thy ſubſtance, Prov. 3.8. and take it for a ſingular honour, that hee will vouchſafe to bee thus honoured by thee, as David did, [non-Latin text not transcribed] Heb. 12.23. 2 Sam. 29. How exceedingly ſhall ſuch bee honoured in that great Panegyris at the laſt day, when the Judge ſhall ſay, Come yee bleſſed, &c. I was hungry, and yee fed mee, &c. Mat. 25.