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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.

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See also Psalms 37:39 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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:...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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:...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BUT. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, omit "But", thus making the _Tau_ the first letter instead of the second....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The final contrast....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _their strength_ R.V. their strong-hold (Psalms 27:1); or perhaps _their asylum_....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Stanza of _Tav_. Jehovah's faithfulness to His own....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    STRENGTH] RV 'strong hold.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ תְשׁוּעַ֣ת צַ֭דִּיקִים מֵ יְהוָ֑ה מָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE SALVATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS OF THE LORD; and therefore it shall certainly come to them....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 37:39 salvation H8668 righteous H6662 LORD H3068 strength H4581 time H6256 trouble H6869 salvation -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Timothy 4:17; Colossians 1:11; Ephesians 2:8; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 3

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