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Psalm 37
37:1 By David . Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers ! 37:2 For they will quickly dry up like grass , and wither away like plants . 37:3 Trust in the Lord and do what is right ! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity ! 37:4 Then you will take delight in the Lord , and he will answer your prayers . 37:5 Commit your future to the Lord ! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

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  • Serahkan pada Tuhan [KJ.417]
  • Yang Diperbuat Allahku [KJ.378]
  • [Psa 37:1] Fret Not Thyself
  • [Psa 37:1] Why Should I Vex My Soul?
  • [Psa 37:3] Put Thou Thy Trust In God
  • [Psa 37:4] O Lord, I Will Delight In Thee
  • [Psa 37:5] Commit Thou All Thy Griefs
  • [Psa 37:5] Commit Whatever Grieves Thee

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What if God Had an Answering Machine?; Psalm 37:1

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • The texts of the individual psalms do not usually indicate who wrote them.1However some of the titles of the individual psalms do contain information about the writers.2This is the only really reliable information we have as ...
  • The messianic psalms are perhaps the most commonly known type. They predict the coming of a messiah. Franz Delitzsch broke these psalms down into five kinds. The first is the purely prophetic, which predicts that a future Dav...
  • I. Book 1: chs. 1-41II. Book 2: chs. 42-72III. Book 3: chs. 73-89IV. Book 4: chs. 90-106V. Book 5: chs. 107-150...
  • The title of this psalm identifies the writer as David. All but four of the psalms in Book 1 of the Psalter (Pss. 1-41) identify David as their writer, all except Psalms 1, 2, 10, and 33. The occasion of his writing this one ...
  • 37:1-2 The righteous should not envy those who practice evil nor fret because they prosper. Their success will be only temporary. Even though they may prosper all their lives their success is brief in the light of eternity.37...
  • 37:23-24 The Lord delights in how a good person lives, and He blesses his or her activities. Even though he may stumble as he goes through life, he will not experience a fatal fall from which he cannot rise.37:25-26 God is fa...
  • 41:10 David had asked God to restore his health so he might repay his enemies. This may seem to be an unworthy motive in view of the Lord Jesus' instruction to love our enemies and do them good (Matt. 5:44). However, individu...
  • 49:13-14 The writer marvelled at the folly of the proud wicked. How silly it is to live only for the present. Death will end it all. The wicked may dominate the upright in this life, but a new day is coming in which God will ...
  • This is one of the acrostic psalms (cf. Pss. 9, 10; 25; 34; 37; 112; 119; and 145). Each line in the Hebrew text begins with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The writer evidently expressed his thoughts this way so the ...
  • Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89."In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus, pp. 55-77. Edited by Donald K. Campbell and Jeffrey L. Townsend. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992._____. Lord of Song. Portland: Multnomah P...
  • This pericope contains one of Jeremiah's "confessions,"a self-revelation of the prophet's own struggles to cope with God's actions (cf. 10:23-24; 15:10-12, 15-21; 17:9-11, 14-18; 18:18-23; and 20:7-18).219The heart of this on...
  • Abbot, T. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians. International Critical Commentary series. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1897.Aldrich, Roy L. "The Gift of God."Biblioth...
  • Adamson, James B. The Epistle of James. New International Commentary on the New Testament series. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1976; reprint ed. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984.Bailey, Mark...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5. Commit thy way unto the Lord 7. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.'--Psalm 37:4, 5, 7.I HAVE been young, and now am old,' says...
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