Verse 11. — 'Their little ones go forth like flocks, and their infants exult in play.' 48. So that, just as greater things have been granted them to possess, thus many should spring up to keep watch. But because he said 'They exult in play,' lest we should believe the very play of the infants in the house of the unrighteous to be something very base, subjoining, he says: Verse 12. — 'They hold the timbrel and the harp, they rejoice at the sound of the organ.' As if he openly said: While the masters swell with honors and possessions, the subjects rejoice in playful acts. But, O blessed man, why do you narrate to us so many things about the pleasures of the wicked? Long already is it that you speak in describing them; after so much, briefly distinguish what you think. There follows: