George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 37:39
PSALM XXXVII. (DOMINE NE IN FURORE.)
A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. The third penitential psalm.
PSALM XXXVII. (DOMINE NE IN FURORE.)
A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. The third penitential psalm.
Verse Psalms 37:39. _THE SALVATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS OF THE LORD_] It is the Lord who made them _righteous_, by blotting out their sins, and infusing his Holy Spirit into their hearts; and it is by...
BUT THE SALVATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS OF THE LORD - Or, salvation comes to the righteous from the Lord. While the wicked are cut off, the righteous shall be safe. There are evidently two ideas here:...
Psalms 37 The Blessed Lot of the Righteous Contrasted with the Wicked _ 1. Waiting for Jehovah and His promise (Psalms 37:1)_ 2. The doom of the wicked and the portion of the righteous (Psalms 37:...
XXXVII. An acrostic poem. Its object is to teach patience and hope. The pious Jews, the Hasidim of Psalms 4:3 * who observe the Law strictly, are at present poor and oppressed. They are to wait for th...
BUT. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, omit "But", thus making the _Tau_ the first letter instead of the second....
The final contrast....
_their strength_ R.V. their strong-hold (Psalms 27:1); or perhaps _their asylum_....
Stanza of _Tav_. Jehovah's faithfulness to His own....
PSALMS 37 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Alphabetical Exhortation to Patience in Well-Doing, notwithstanding the Temporary Prosperity of the Lawless. ANALYSIS It is not easy to resolve this psalm into any ot...
_BUT THE SALVATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS OF THE LORD: HE IS THEIR STRENGTH IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE._ The Hebrew copula [wª-] before the last letter of the alphabet connects this strophe with all that pr...
STRENGTH] RV 'strong hold.'...
This is an acrostic Ps., in which the alphabetic arrangement is carried without a break through 22 stanzas of varying length, to which the vv. of the English Bible do not correspond. The contents are...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
וּ תְשׁוּעַ֣ת צַ֭דִּיקִים מֵ יְהוָ֑ה מָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗ם...
Psalms 37:1 THERE is a natural connection between acrostic structure and didactic tone, as is shown in several instances, and especially in this psalm. The structure is on the whole regular, each seco...
STEPS THAT SHALL NOT SLIDE Psalms 37:30 How dear this psalm has been to God's saints! It has been peculiarly prized by them in all ages. Gerhardt has paraphrased it in his noble hymn: Give to the w...
This psalm has as its keynote "Fret not." The underlying problem is the prosperity of evil men. It is an astonishment and a perplexity still, troubling many a tried and trusting heart. The psalmist fi...
But the (z) salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble. (z) He shows that the patient hope of the godly is never in vain, but in the end has good succe...
I have not interrupted the progress of these verses from the same reason as before: they contain so many beautiful repetitions of the same unquestionable truth; the wicked shall not go unpunished, nei...
39_The salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah _The sum of the whole is, that whatever may happen, the righteous shall be saved, because they are in the hand of God, and can never be forgotten by h...
Psalms 37. In this interesting psalm the great point pressed on the remnant, a lesson for every soul, is waiting on Jehovah, and not having the spirit disturbed by evil; they will soon be cut down lik...
BUT THE SALVATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS [IS] OF THE LORD,.... Both their temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation; particularly the latter, which is originally of the Lord, and springs from the thoughts,...
But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble. Ver. 39. _But the salvation of the righteous, &c._] _Etenim ut paucis omnia complectar,_ their salv...
_Mark the perfect man_, &c. Behold now a very different character, a man who is upright before God, who sincerely desires and endeavours to please and glorify him, and therefore makes it his care to w...
THE APPARENT GOOD FORTUNE OF THE GODLESS COMPARED WITH THE BELIEVERS' TRUE HAPPINESS. A psalm of David, rightly considered one of the most beautiful written by him, called by Luther the garment of th...
But the salvation of the righteous, their final deliverance from every evil, of body and soul, property and honor, IS OF THE LORD: HE IS THEIR STRENGTH IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE, in every form of distres...
34-40 Duty is ours, and we must mind it; but events are God's, we must refer the disposal of them to him. What a striking picture is in ver. Psalms 37:35; Psalms 37:36, of many a prosperous enemy of...
THE SALVATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS OF THE LORD; and therefore it shall certainly come to them....
Psalms 37:39 salvation H8668 righteous H6662 LORD H3068 strength H4581 time H6256 trouble H6869 salvation -...
4). THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BEHAVIOUR AND DESTINIES OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS (TSADE TO TAU - PSALMS 37:32). The Psalmist concludes his Psalm by making contrasts between the lives and...
Psalms 37:17. _For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous._ They must stand, therefore, for how shall he fall whom God upholds? Psalms 37:18. The LORD knoweth t...
May the Spirit of God graciously apply this Psalm to our hearts, comforting us as no one else can! Is he not the Comforter, and what better cordial has he for our spirits than his own Word? Psalms 37...
Psalms 37:1. _Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity._ They often seem to have the best of it in this life; but if it really is so, we must nev...
CONTENTS: The riddle of the prosperity of the wicked and the affliction of the righteous. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer should never waste a minute fretting about his enemies, but...
Psalms 37:1. _Fret not thyself,_ be not angry or irritated, _because of evil doers._ Let the consummate courtier gain elevation, let the merchant aggrandize his family, and the rich men buy the lands...
_The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord._ A TESTIMONY TO FREE AND SOVEREIGN GRACE “The salvation of the righteous “in the broadest sense of the word” is of the Lord”; and the more breadth of m...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 37:1. This can be called a wisdom psalm because it reflects on themes normally dealt with in the Bible’s Wisdom Literature, particularly in Prove
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 37:32 This final section assures the faithful that THE LORD WILL NOT ABANDON them to the POWER of the WICKED (vv....
INTRODUCTION This psalm was probably written by David in his old age, and contains his experience in reference to the providential dealings of God with men. It acknowledges the transient prosperity o...
EXPOSITION THIS is another of the alphabetical psalms (see above, Psalms 9:1; Psalms 25:1; and 34.), and, though more free from irregularities than the previous ones, is not altogether without them. W...
Psa 37:1-40 is an interesting psalm of David in which he begins with the words, Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity (Psalms 37:1). In verse...
2 Timothy 4:17; Colossians 1:11; Ephesians 2:8; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 3