John Trapp on Proverbs 28:28

Verſ. 28. When the wicked riſe, men hide themſelves] They are glad to skulk and ſhelter themſelves from that fierce ſtorm. See the note on verſe 12.

But when they periſh, the righteous increaſe] When either they dye, or are depoſed from their dignities, the righteous ſwarm as an hive of bees in a warm ſunny day: as they did when Conſtantine came to the Crown, and here, when Queen Elizabeth came as a freſh ſpring after a ſharp winter, and brought the ſhip of England from a tempeſtuous ſea to a ſafe harbour.