Psalms 37
1 David persuades to patience and confidence in God, by the different estate of the godly and the wicked.
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This is the third alphabetical Psalm. It seems to have been intended as an instructive and consoling ode for the captives in Babylon, who might feel themselves severely tempted when they saw those idolaters in prosperity, and themselves in adversity.
fret <02734> [Fret.]
envy <07065> [neither.]
Trust <0982> [Trust.]
Settle <07931> [so shalt.]
integrity <0530> [verily. Heb. in truth, or stableness. be fed.]
delight <06026> [Delight.]
answer <05414> [and.]
Commit <01556> [Commit. Heb. Roll thy way upon.]
act <06213> [and.]
vindicate <03318> [he shall.]
daylight <0216> [light.]
[Rest in. Heb. Be silent to.]
confidently <02342> [wait.]
fret <02734> [fret.]
man <0376> [the man.]
<07503> [Cease.]
fret <02734> [fret.]
Wicked <07489> [evil-doers.]
possess <03423> [inherit.]
land <0776> [the earth.]
Or, "the land," {airetz,} probably the land of Judea, given by God himself as an inheritance to their fathers, and their posterity forever: and this verse seems to contain a promise of their return thither.
soon <04592> [yet.]
Evil men ....... stare <07563> [wicked.]
stare <0995> [thou.]
oppressed <06035> [the meek.]
enjoy <06026> [delight.]
plot <02161> [plotteth. or, practiseth.]
viciously <02786> [gnasheth.]
laughs <07832> [laugh.]
day <03117> [his day.]
Evil <07563> [wicked.]
slaughter <02873> [slay.]
godly <03477> [such as, etc. Heb. the upright of way.]
swords <02719> [sword.]
bows <07198> [bows.]
power <02220> [arms.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
watches <03045> [knoweth.]
day <03117> [the days.]
inheritance <05159> [their.]
hard <07451> [in the evil.]
comes <03117> [days.]
evil <07563> [But the.]
<03733 03368> [as the fat of lambs. Heb. preciousness.]
That is, as the fat was wholly consumed in sacrifices, by the fire on the altar, so the wicked shall consume away in the fire of God's anger.
smoke <06227> [smoke.]
borrow <03867> [borroweth.]
godly <06662> [righteous.]
favored by <01288> [Blessed.]
rejected <07043> [cursed.]
wiped <03772> [cut off.]
grants <04703> [steps.]
success <03559> [ordered. or, established.]
finds commendable <02654> [delighteth.]
fall <05307> [Though.]
Lord <03068> [for.]
young <05288> [I have.]
seen <07200> [yet.]
children <02233> [nor his seed.]
day <03117> [ever. Heb. all the day. merciful.]
children <02233> [his seed.]
Turn <05493> [Depart.]
Do what is right ..... enjoy <02896 06213> [do good.]
promotes <0157> [loveth.]
abandons <05800> [forsaketh.]
children <02233> [but.]
law <08451> [law.]
feet <0838> [none.]
feet <0838> [steps. or, goings.]
ambush <06822> [watcheth.]
surrender <05800> [will not.]
condemned <07561> [condemn.]
Rely <06960> [Wait.]
{Kawah,} to wait, implies the extension of a right line from one point to another. The first point is the human heart; the line is its intense desire; and the last point is God, to whom the heart extends this straight line of earnest desire. He who, while he waits on God, keeps his way, is sure to have the further blessings of which he is in pursuit.
Obey <08104> [keep.]
permit <07311> [exalt.]
evil <07563> [when.]
seen <07200> [I have.]
green ...... native <0249 07488> [a green bay-tree. or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil.]
delivers <08668> [salvation.]
protects <04581> [strength.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
evil <07563> [from.]
protection <02620> [because.]
