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 3:1-8

3:1

[A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. (Title.)]

Psalm, {Mizmor,} from the verb to cut, prune, sing, a poem cut into short sentences, divided into syllables, pruned from every redundancy, and thus adapted for singing.

fled <01272> [when.]

numerous <07231> [how.]

Many <07227> [many.]

3:2

deliver <03444> [no.]

Selah <05542> [Selah.]

3:3

shield <04043> [a shield.]

glory <03519> [for. or, about. my.]

restores <07311> [the.]

3:4

cried out <07121> [I cried.]

answered <06030> [he.]

holy <06944> [his.]

3:5

slept <07901> [I laid.]

Lord <03068> [the.]

3:6

afraid <03372> [I will.]

multitude <07233> [ten.]

<07896> [set.]

3:7

Rise up <06965> [Arise.]

strike .......... break <05221 07665> [thou.]

3:8

delivers <03444> [Salvation.]

favor <01293> [thy blessing.]

Psalms 1:3-4

1:3

tree <06086> [tree.]

yields <05414> [bringeth.]

fall off <05034> [shall not.]

fall off <05034> [wither. Heb. fade. whatsoever.]

1:4

chaff <04671> [like.]