Psa 37:1, 7-9, 73:3, Pro 23:17, 24:1, 19-20, Gal 5:21 | TSK | STEP | David persuades to patience and confidence in God, by the different estate of the godly and the wicked. (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. neither.

Psalms 37:1

1 David persuades to patience and confidence in God, by the different estate of the godly and the wicked.

(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.

7; 1Sa 1:6-8; Pr 19:3; 24:1,19

neither.

73:3; Pr 3:31; 23:17; Ga 5:21; Jas 4:5,6

Psalms 37:7-9

Rest in. Heb. Be silent to.

62:1; Jos 10:12; Jon 1:11; *margins

wait.

27:14; 40:1; Pr 20:22; Isa 8:17; 30:15; La 3:25,26; Hab 2:3; Ga 6:9

Heb 10:36,37; Jas 5:7-11

fret.

50:8; 73:3-14; Jer 12:1

the man.

Job 21:7-34; Ec 5:8; Isa 10:13,14; Da 11:36; Re 13:3-10

Cease.

Job 5:2; 18:4; Pr 14:29; 16:32; Eph 4:26,31; Jas 1:19,20; 3:14-18

fret.

31:22; 73:15; 116:11; 1Sa 25:21-23; Jer 20:14,15; Jon 4:1,9

Lu 9:54,55

evil-doers.

35,36; 55:23; Job 20:23-29; 27:13,14-23

inherit.

11,12,29; 25:13; Isa 58:14; 60:21; Heb 11:16; Re 5:10

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.