Psalms 37:1

37:1

[(Title.)]

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.]

Psalms 2:1-12

2:1

nations <01471> [A.M. 2963. B.C. 1042. Why.]

rebel <07283> [rage. or, tumultuously assemble.]

countries <03816> [people.]

devising <01897> [imagine. Heb. meditate.]

2:2

kings <04428> [kings.]

rulers <07336> [rulers.]

Lord <03068> [Lord.]

anointed king <04899> [anointed.]

2:3

2:4

enthroned in <03427> [He that.]

laughs <07832> [shall laugh.]

2:5

speaks <01696> [Then.]

terrifies <0926> [vex. or, trouble. sore.]

2:6

installed <05258> [Yet.]

installed <05258> [set. Heb. anointed. my, etc. Heb. Zion, the hill of my holiness.]

2:7

decree <02706> [the decree. or, for a decree.]

son <01121> [Thou.]

day <03117> [this.]

2:8

Ask <07592> [Ask.]

give <05414> [and I.]

2:9

2:10

wise <07919> [Be wise.]

kings <04428> [O.]

correction <03256> [be instructed.]

2:11

Serve <05647> [Serve.]

Repent <01523> [rejoice.]

2:12

homage <05401> [Kiss.]

<01248> [Son.]

die <06> [and, etc.]

Or, "and ye lose the way," or, "and ye perish in the way." The LXX., and Vulgate have, "and ye perish from the righteous way:" and the Syriac, "and ye perish from his way."

die <06> [ye perish.]

anger <0639> [when.]

blessed <0835> [Blessed.]