What is "v'Ibo"?
Rashi: In its moisture and [when it has] fruits.
Ibn Ezra: Where it sprouts.
What is the meaning of "Lo Yikatef"?
Rashi: It is not broken or uprooted, like "v'Katafta Melilos."
Ibn Ezra: Even if man does not cut it, it will dry up by itself.
What do we learn from "v'Lifnei Chol Chatzir Yivash"?
Rashi: When the water ceases and the marsh dries, it dries before grass. Devar Eliyahu - so a Rasha, when his Mazal is good, he succeeds. Do not confront him then! He will win in Din! He grows on water - "u'Meshalem l'Son'av El Panav Leha'avido." However, "the day of their downfall is close, when their feet will falter." His principal 1 will be depleted - he has nothing to rely on.
I.e. he consumed all the reward of his good deeds, unlike a Tzadik, who consumes in this world only their Peros. (PF)
