אָכְל֤וּ זָרִים֙ כֹּח֔וֹ וְה֖וּא לֹ֣א יָדָ֑ע גַּם־שֵׂיבָה֙ זָ֣רְקָה בּ֔וֹ וְה֖וּא לֹ֥א יָדָֽע׃
Чужие пожрали его силу, а он не знает этого; Да, седые волосы здесь и там на нем, и он не знает этого.
Hasagot HaRa'avad
A man whose vices etc. Not as he thinks that what was said by the Talmudists, 'The doom of the wicked is sealed instantly' (Rosh ha-Shanah, 17a) means that they die at once; for it is not so, as there are many wicked alive. But the meaning of 'Sealed instantly' is, that they will not complete their days of the years alloted to them at birth. And the source of this matter is found in Yebamot, 50a. *Virtues and vices are not measured by man, to condemn one to death, or ask why he is still living. God is the sole judge thereof. One virtue of one man, or one vice, might either save or be the cause of destruction of the whole world (See Kiddushin, 39b–49a). Maimonides refers to Hosea, 7. 9. and to Genesis, 18. 20. to teach us that only God judges our iniquities, and whenever destruction comes to pass, His judgment should be justified. C. G.