John Trapp on Psalms 37:25

Verſ. 25. I have been young, &c.] Here he recordeth an experiment of his (ſuch as whereof, Pſal. 119. is moſtly made up) and if other mens experiences agree not altogether with his, it is no wonder; Kings uſe not to mind beggars. Or he might only mean Vagrants; according to that; Let their children bee Vagabonds, and beg their bread. Good men may be compelled to crave their bread, as David himſelf did of Ahimelech the High-Prieſt; as Eliah did of the widdow of Sarepta; as thoſe pauperes de Lugduno, and many others have lived upon almes. But ſeldome or never have good people needed to crave relief of the ungodly.

Yet have I not ſeen the Righteous for ſaken] Left he may be for a time (as the Lion leaveth his whelps till they are almoſt famiſhed, and have wel-nigh killed themſelves with roaring, to make them more hardy and valiant) but never forſaken, no though he beg his bread; becauſe God hath ſaid, I will never leave thee, nor forſake thee. The Righteous is never forſaken, nor his ſeed too, ſaid Mr. Perkins. God may caſt godly Parents into want, but their godly Children ſhall ſurely be bleſſed. Others underſtand by Righteous here, mercifull men, who give almes for the love of God, and therefore come not to poverty, Pſal. 112.5.9. Prov. 11.24, 25. Pſal. 41.1. See Mr. Bradfords ſweet letter to Mr. John Hall and his Wife, Priſoners for the Goſpell. Act. and Mon. 1495.