Psalms 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 7:1-17
A musical composition <07692> [A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.) Shiggaion.]
{Shiggaion} probably denotes a mournful song or, elegy, from the Arabic {shaga,} to be anxious, sorrowful.
concerning <01697> [words. or, business.]
Cush <03568> [Cush.]
{Cush} signifies black, an epithet, in all languages, when applied to the mind, expressive of moral turpitude; and therefore probably here applied to {Shimei,} denoting that he was a calumniator and villain.
Lord ........ Lord <03068> [O.]
taken shelter <02620> [in.]
Deliver <03467> [save.]
rip ... to shreds <02963> [Lest.]
lion <0738> [like.]
tear ... to bits <06561> [rending.]
rescue <05337> [while.]
[not to deliver. Heb. not a deliverer.]
done <06213> [if I.]
guilty <03426> [if there.]
wronged <01580> [If I.]
wronged ..... helped <01580 02502> [I have.]
lawless <07387> [without.]
enemy .......... trample <0341 07429> [Let.]
trample <07429> [tread.]
lying <07931> [lay.]
Selah <05542> [Selah.]
Stand up <06965> [Arise.]
Rise up <05375> [lift up.]
Wake up <05782> [awake.]
judgment <04941> [to the.]
assembled <05712> [So.]
take once <07725> [return.]
Lord ....... Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
judges .... Vindicate <01777 08199> [judge.]
innocent ..... blameless <06664 08537> [according.]
blameless <08537> [to mine.]
evil deeds <07451> [Oh.]
secure <03559> [but.]
innocent .... righteous <06662> [for.]
shield <04043> [My, etc. Heb. My buckler is upon God.]
delivers <03467> [which.]
[or, God is a righteous Judge.]
repent <07725> [If.]
prepares <03913> [he will.]
gets <06466> [ordaineth.]
flaming <01814> [persecutors.]
digs ............ made <03738 06466> [made. Heb. hath digged.]
falls <05307> [and is.]
justice <06664> [according.]
sovereign <05945> [most.]
