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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Psalms 37:9

Shall be cut off, to wit, from the earth, by comparing this with the next clause, and with Psalms 34:16. Their end shall certainly be most miserable. Shall inherit the earth, according to God's promise oft made to such; which also for the most part was literally fulfilled in that state of the church; and if it was not, it was fulfilled with far greater advantage in spiritual and eternal blessings.

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See also Psalms 37:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 37:9. _THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH._] The word ארץ _arets_, throughout this Psalm, should be translated _land_, not _earth_; for it is most probable that it refers to the _land of Judea_...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR EVIL-DOERS SHALL BE CUT OFF - See Psalms 37:2. This will be the termination of their course. They shall not ultimately prosper. God will order all things in equity, and though such men now seem to...

  • 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

    BE CUT OFF: i.e. die. Used of Messiah (Daniel 9:26), whose resurrection was sure. (Psalms 16, &c). THE EARTH. the land, as in Psalms 37:3; Psalms 37

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Warnings and counsels for times of temptation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Stanza of _Hê_. The warning of Psalms 37:1 repeated and emphasised....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the earth_ Rather, as in Psalms 37:3, the land; and so in Psalms 37:11; Psalms 37:22; Psalms 37:29;...

  • 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 EVILDOERS SHALL BE CUT OFF: BUT THOSE THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD, THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH._ For evil-doers shall be cut off - therefore beware lest by anger and revenge thou takest thy portion...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    37:9 land. (i-17) Or 'the earth;' and so in vers. 11,22,29,34. see Psalms 25:13 and Note, Matthew 5:5 ....

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE EARTH] RV 'the land' of Canaan. So in Psalms 37:11; Psalms 37:22....

  • 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

    כִּֽי ־מְ֭רֵעִים יִכָּרֵת֑וּן וְ קֹוֵ֥י יְ֝הוָ֗ה...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Heart. I give vent to my inward grief by loud lamentations._...

  • 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

    9._For the wicked shall be cut off. _It is not without cause that he repeatedly inculcates the same thing, namely, that the happiness and prosperity which the ungodly enjoy is only a mask or phantom;...

  • 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 EVILDOERS SHALL BE CUT OFF,.... Though they flourish for a while, they shall be cut down like the grass or flower of the field, or they shall be cut off as branches from a flourishing tree; they s...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. Ver. 9. _For evildoers shall be cut off_] Yea, they shall soon be cut off, Psalms 37:10, and so shall...

  • 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, &...

  • 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

    For evil-doers shall be cut off, this result being certain without the sinful anger of the believer; BUT THOSE THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD, steadfastly placing their trust in Him, THEY SHALL INHERIT THE E...

  • 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,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 37:9 evildoers H7489 (H8688) off H3772 (H8735) wait H6960 (H8802) LORD H3068 inherit H3423 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    1). THE WISE THING TO DO IS NOT TO FRET WHEN THE WICKED APPEAR TO PROSPER, BUT RATHER TO TRUST AND REST IN YHWH (ALEPH TO WAW - PSALMS 37:1) . Those who are wise will not allow fretting or anger to po...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 37:3 God is building up a kingdom that is invisible a kingdom of holy thoughts, of pure feelings, of faith, of hope, of righteousness. God's kingdom is advancing surely, though it advances slow...

  • 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

    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

    _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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 37:9 The contrast between the two outcomes, those who SHALL BE CUT OFF and those who SHALL INHERIT THE LAND, recurs throughout the psalm (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

    Hebrews 11:16; Isaiah 58:14; Isaiah 60:21; Job 20:23; Job 27:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The earth — This for the most part was literally fulfilled in that state of the church....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    PSALM 37:9; PSALMS 37:34 — When the wicked are cut off, are they annihilated? PROBLEM: The psalmist affirms that “evildoers shall be cut off.” Elsewhere (Psalms 73:27; Proverbs 21:28), it says they wi...

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