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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 37:10

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be, wiped out by the avenging hand of God; yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, wondering why it was so suddenly empty, and it shall not be, literally, "it is not," denoting the quick stroke of God's avenging justice.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 37:10. _FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WICKED_ SHALL _NOT_ BE] A prediction of the destruction of Babylon. This empire was now in its splendour; and the captives lived to see it totally...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WICKED SHALL NOT BE - The thee will soon come when they shall pass away. The language “shall not be” cannot mean that they will cease to exist altogether, for the conne...

  • 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

    WICKED. lawless (plural) Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Warnings and counsels for times of temptation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Cp. Psalms 37:36: Isaiah 29:20. _his place_ His abode. Cp. Job 7:10; Job 8:18; Job 20:9

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Stanza of _Vâv;_expanding the preceding verse....

  • 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

    _FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WICKED SHALL NOT BE: YEA, THOU SHALT DILIGENTLY CONSIDER HIS PLACE, AND IT SHALL NOT BE._ For yet ... (shall) not (be): yea, thou ... and it (shall) not (be) - the pl...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    37:10 he (k-17) Or 'it.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IT _shall_ NOT _HE_] RV 'he shall not be.'...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR YET A LITTLE... — Better, For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; Thou lookest at his place, and he is not; _i.e.,_ he has dropped out of his place in society, his tribe knows him no more...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עֹ֣וד מְ֭עַט וְ אֵ֣ין רָשָׁ֑ע וְ

  • 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

    A SURE CURE FOR FRETTING Psalms 37:1 This is an acrostic psalm, grappling with the problem of the inequality of human life and the apparent failure of God to reward His servants and punish His enemie...

  • 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

    (h) For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be]. (y) He corrects the impatience of our nature, which cannot abide t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Desire, to be restored to thy favour. (Worthington) --- Thou alone canst heal me. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Jesus is the rest wherewith the Lord will cause the weary to rest; and he that believeth in him will not (for he need not) make haste. Isaiah 28:12. There is a great beauty in the thought of the trans...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    10_Yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be. _This is a confirmation of the preceding verse. It might well have been objected, that the actual state of things in the world is very different fro...

  • 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

    FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WICKED [SHALL] NOT [BE],.... Not that they shall be annihilated or reduced to nothing, because nonentities have no place nor being any where; when they die they shall l...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be]. Ver. 10. _For yet a little while and the wicked, &c._] _Tantillum, tan...

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

    _For evil-doers shall be cut off_ Namely, from the earth, as appears by comparing this with the next clause, and with Psalms 34:16. Their end shall certainly be most miserable. _But those that wait, &...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-20 Let us be satisfied that God will make all to work for good to us. Let us not discompose ourselves at what we see in this world. A fretful, discontented spirit is open to many temptations. For,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Their time and prosperity is very short, and therefore no matter of envy. SHALL NOT BE, to wit, in the land of the living. He shall be dead and gone, as this phrase is commonly taken. DILIGENTLY CONSI...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 37:10 while H4592 wicked H7563 carefully H995 (H8712) place H4725 yet - Psalms 73:18-20;...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    W ‘For yet a little while, and the wicked will not be, Yes, you will diligently consider his place, and he will not be. But the meek will inherit the land, And will delight themselves in the abunda...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 37:1. _Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity._ A common temptation. Many of God's saints have suffered from it. Learn from their exper...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Let us read tonight part of the thirty-seventh Psalm. David here first of all dissuades himself and us from falling into a very common evil, that of envying the wicked because of their prosperity, and...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    It may be, beloved friends, that there is a word of comfort for some of you in this «Psalm of David.» If any of you have been perplexed and worried, and there has been a stern conflict within your spi...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This is one of the Psalms of David which have often cheered the saints of God when they have been perplexed because of the prosperity of the wicked and their own troubles. Psalms 37:1. _Fret not thys...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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

    _For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be._ But the meek shall inherit the earth. THE CHARACTER AND BLESSEDNESS OF THE...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself._ THE GOOD MAN IN TROUBLE Note the man contemplated. He is a man of real piety, and he is contrasted with the wicked. The wicked are sp...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Fret not thyself because of evil-doers._ FRET NOT There are many who suppose that it is well-nigh impossible to pass the time of our sojourning here without some degree of anxiety and depression of...

  • 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 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

    1 Peter 4:7; 1 Samuel 25:38; 1 Samuel 25:39; 2 Kings 9:25; 2 Kings 9

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Not be — He shall be dead and gone. Diligently — Industriously seeking him. His place — His place and estate, and glory....

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