Psa 37 | 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 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

35,36; 73:17-20; 90:5,6; 92:7; 129:5-7; Job 20:5-9; Jas 1:10,11

1Pe 1:24

Trust.

4:5; 26:1; Isa 1:16-19; 50:10; Jer 17:7,8; 1Co 15:57,58

Heb 6:10-12

so shalt.

Ge 26:2; 1Sa 26:19; Heb 11:13-16

verily. Heb. in truth, or stableness. be fed.

33:19; 34:9,10; Mt 6:31-33; Lu 22:35

Delight.

43:4; 104:34; Job 27:10; 34:9; So 2:3; Isa 58:14; 1Pe 1:8

and.

21:1,2; 145:19; Joh 15:7,16; 1Jo 5:14,15

Commit. Heb. Roll thy way upon.

22:8; 55:22; Pr 16:3; *marg:

Mt 6:25; Lu 12:22,29,30; Php 4:6,7; 1Pe 5:7

and.

Job 22:28; Ec 9:1; La 3:37; Jas 4:15

he shall.

31:20; Isa 54:17; Mic 7:8,9; 1Co 4:5

light.

Job 11:17; Mal 3:18; Mt 13:43

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.

yet.

73:18-20; Job 24:24; Heb 10:36,37; 1Pe 4:7; Re 6:10,11

wicked.

35,36; 49:10; 103:16; Job 7:10,21; 14:10; 20:8,9; Lu 12:20,21

Lu 16:27,28

thou.

52:5:5-7; 58:10,11; 107:42,43; 1Sa 25:38,39; 2Ki 9:25,34-37

Es 7:10; 8:1; Isa 14:16-19

the meek.

Mt 5:5; Ga 5:22,23; 1Ti 6:11; Jas 1:21; 3:13

delight.

36:8; 72:7; 119:165; Isa 26:3; 48:18; 57:18-21; Joh 14:27; Php 4:7

32; 1Sa 18:21; 23:7-9; 2Sa 15:10-12; Es 3:6; Mt 26:4,16

plotteth. or, practiseth.

Da 8:12,24; Mic 2:1

gnasheth.

35:16

laugh.

2:4; Pr 1:26

his day.

1Sa 26:10; Jer 50:27; Eze 21:25,29; Da 5:26

wicked.

64:2-6; Ac 12:2,3,11,23

slay.

1Sa 24:11,17; Pr 29:10,27; Hab 1:13; Mt 23:30-34; Ac 7:52

1Jo 3:12

such as, etc. Heb. the upright of way.

sword.

7:14,15; 35:8; 1Sa 31:4; 2Sa 17:23; Es 7:9,10; Isa 37:38; Mic 5:6

Mt 27:4,5

bows.

46:9; 76:3-6; Jer 51:56; Ho 1:5; 2:18

Pr 3:33; 13:25; 15:16,17; 16:8; 30:9; Ec 2:26; 4:6; Mt 6:11; 1Ti 6:6

arms.

10:15; Job 38:15; Eze 30:21-25

Lord.

24; 41:12; 51:12; 63:8; 119:116,117; 145:14; Isa 41:10; 42:1; Jude 1:24

knoweth.

1:6; 31:7; Mt 6:32; 2Ti 2:19

the days.

13; 31:15; 49:5; De 33:25; Mt 24:21-24; 2Ti 3:1-5; 4:2-4; Re 11:3-5

their.

16:11; 21:4; 73:24; 103:17; Isa 60:21; Ro 5:21; 6:23; 1Pe 1:4,5

1Jo 2:25

in the evil.

Ec 9:12; Am 5:13; Mic 2:3; Eph 5:16

days.

33:19; Job 5:20-22; Pr 10:3; Isa 33:16

But the.

68:2; 92:9; Jud 5:31; Lu 13:3,5; 2Pe 2:12

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.

De 33:14-16

smoke.

102:3; Ge 19:28; Le 3:3-11,16; De 29:20; Heb 12:29

borroweth.

De 28:12,43,44; 2Ki 4:1-5; Ne 5:1-5; Pr 22:7

righteous.

112:5,9; De 15:9-11; Job 31:16-20; Isa 32:8; 58:7-10; Lu 6:30

Ac 11:29; 20:35; 2Co 8:9; 9:6-15; Heb 6:10; 13:16

Blessed.

11,18; 32:1; 115:15; 128:1; Pr 3:33

cursed.

119:21; Mt 25:41; 1Co 16:22; Ga 3:10,13

cut off.

9,28; Zec 5:3,4

steps.

17:5; 85:13; 119:133; 121:3,8; 1Sa 2:9; Job 23:11,12; Pr 16:9

Jer 10:23

ordered. or, established.

40:2; Pr 4:26

delighteth.

147:10; Pr 11:1,20; Jer 9:24; Heb 13:16

Though.

34:19,20; 40:2; 91:12; 94:18; 145:14; Pr 24:16; Mic 7:7,8; Lu 2:34

Lu 22:31,32,60-62

for.

17; 145:14; Joh 10:27-30

I have.

71:9,18; Job 32:6,7; Ac 21:16; Phm 1:8,9

yet.

28; 94:14; Jos 1:5; 1Sa 12:22; Isa 13:16; 2Co 4:9; Heb 12:5,6

Heb 13:5

nor his seed.

25:13; 59:15; 109:10; 112:2; Ge 17:7; Job 15:23; Pr 13:22

Lu 1:53-55

ever. Heb. all the day. merciful.

21; 112:5,9; De 15:8-10; Mt 5:7; Lu 6:35-38

his seed.

Pr 20:7; Jer 32:39

Depart.

34:14; Job 28:28; Pr 16:6,17; Isa 1:16,17; 2Ti 2:19; Tit 2:11-14

do good.

1Th 5:15; Tit 3:8,14; Heb 13:16,21; 1Jo 2:16,17

loveth.

11:7; 45:6,7; 99:4; Isa 30:18; 61:8; Jer 9:24

forsaketh.

25,40; 92:13-15; Isa 59:21; Jer 32:40,41; Joh 5:24; 6:39,40

Joh 10:28-30; 15:9; 1Jo 2:19; 1Pe 1:5; Jude 1:1

but.

21:10; Ex 20:5; Job 18:19; 27:14; Pr 2:22; Isa 14:20,21

9,11,18,27; De 30:20; Pr 2:21; 2Pe 3:13; Re 21:3,4,7

71:15,24; De 6:7-9; Pr 10:21,31; 15:7; 25:11-13; 27:9; Mt 12:35

Eph 4:29; Col 4:6

law.

1:2; 40:3,8; 119:11,98; De 6:6; 11:18-20; Pr 4:4; Isa 51:7

Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10

none.

23; 121:3

steps. or, goings.

17:5; 40:2; 44:18; *marg:

73:2; Job 23:11; Pr 14:15; Eze 27:6; *marg:

watcheth.

12; 10:8-10; Jer 20:10; Lu 6:7; 11:54; 14:1; 19:47,48; 20:20; Ac 9:24

will not.

31:7,8; 124:6,7; 1Sa 23:26-28; 2Ti 4:17; 2Pe 2:9

condemn.

109:31; Ro 8:1,33,34

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.

3,7,9; 27:14; Pr 20:22

keep.

Job 17:9; 23:10-12; Pr 4:25-27; 16:17; Mt 24:13

exalt.

92:10; 112:9; Lu 14:11; 1Pe 1:7; 5:6

when.

52:5,6; 91:8; 92:11

I have.

73:3-11; Es 5:11; Job 5:3; 21:7-17; Isa 14:14-19

a green bay-tree. or, a green tree that groweth in his ownsoil.

Job 8:13-19; Eze 31:6-10,18; Da 4:20-33

10; Ex 15:9,10,19; Job 20:5-29; Isa 10:16-19,33,34; Ac 12:22,23