Hippolytus, Fragments on Proverbs
These words confront the Jewish people and the defilement they committed against Christ, because they believed their citizenship existed only on earth. The promise is not merely that they will 'receive' something, but that they will 'inherit' it. As for the wicked, even if they are exalted, their dishonor only becomes greater. It is like someone ugly and deformed: if you lift them up, you do not glorify them; you only make their shame more obvious to more people. In the same way, God exalts the wicked so that their shame becomes evident. Pharaoh was exalted too, but only so that the whole world would have him as an accuser.
Greek
Ταῦτα εἰς τὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων δῆμον καὶ τὴν κατὰ Χριστοῦ μιαιφονίαν ἐξείληφεν᾽ ὥοντο γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ γῆς μόνον ἔχειν τὸ πολίτευμα. Οὐχ ἁπλῶς ,,λήψονται“, ἀλλὰ ,,κληρονομήσουσιν“. ,,οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς“, εἰ καὶ ὑψοῦνται, ἀλλ ὥστε μείζονα γενέσϑαι τὴν . ἀτιμίαν “ αὐτῶν. ὡς γάρ τις τὸν δυσειδῆ καὶ διεστραμμένον, εἰ ὑψώσειεν, οὐκ ἐδόξασεν, ἀλλ ἠτίμωσε πλέον κατάδηλον αὐτοῦ τὸ αἶσχος πλείοσι καταστήσας, οὕτω καὶ ὁ ϑεὸς ὑψοῖ τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς. ἵνα ἐμφανῆ καταστήσῃ τὴν ἐκείνων ἀσχημοσύνην. ὑψώϑη καὶ Φαραώ. ἀλλ᾽ ὥστε τὴν οἰκουμένην κατήγορον ἔχειν.