2. Feareth the Lord. That is, gives reverence to Him. The fear of the good man is vastly different from the dismay and terror that seize the sinner in those moments when he sees clearly the direction he is going and the fate that awaits him.
Despiseth him. How strange, yet true, that puny man, a mere particle of dust in the scale of the universe, should dare to look down upon the Creator and Upholder of the mighty spheres and their circling planets, or to take His holy name in vain.