The house of the proud - Families of this description are seldom continued long. The Lord hates pride; and those that will not be humble he will destroy.
The widow - Here, as elsewhere Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalm 68:5, the widow, as the most extreme type of desolation, stands as the representative of a class safer in their poverty under the protection of the Lord, than the proud in the haughtiness of their strength.