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BUT THE TRANSGRESSORS - Sinners; violators of the law of God.
SHALL BE DESTROYED TOGETHER - The word “together” here -
יחדּו _yach__e__dâh_ - means properly “a union of them;”
then, together - eithe...
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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:...
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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...
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TRANSGRESSORS. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44....
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The final contrast....
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SHALL BE DESTROYED TOGETHER— Or, _at once:_ "They shall all at once
be totally destroyed." See Psalms 49:10 in the Hebrew.
REFLECTIONS.—1st, The way of duty is made very plain, and therefore
we are m...
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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 o...
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_MARK THE PERFECT MAN, AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT: FOR THE END OF THAT MAN
IS PEACE._
Mark ... (man) ... for the end of (that) man (is) peace. As there is
no Hebrew for "that" before "man" [not _ LAA'IYS...
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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...
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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...
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וּֽ֭ פֹשְׁעִים נִשְׁמְד֣וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו
אַחֲרִ֖ית רְשָׁעִ֣ים נִכְרָֽתָה׃...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BUT THE TRANSGRESSORS SHALL BE DESTROYED TOGETHER,.... This is to be
understood of obstinate and continued transgressors, who live and die
in their transgressions; see Proverbs 11:3; otherwise all men...
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But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the
wicked shall be cut off.
Ver. 38. _But the transgressors, &c._] Here the end is worse than the
beginning. Sin ever ends tragically....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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TOGETHER; or, _alike_, one as well as another; all, without any
exception or respect of persons. THE END OF THE WICKED SHALL BE CUT
OFF, i. e. he shall be cut off at last, or in the end. His prosperit...
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Psalms 37:38 transgressors H6586 (H8802) destroyed H8045 (H8738)
together H3162 future H319 wicked H7563 off H3772 (H8738)
Psalms 1:4-6, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 52:5; Proverbs 14:32;...
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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...
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Psalms 37:38
I. The character here presented for our study: the perfect and upright
man. The essential principle of the perfectness of which David speaks
is a heart right with God, a life whose root...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The end of the wicked shall be cut off._
THE END OF THE WICKED
The condition of the sinner is an awful one notwithstanding things may
seem lovely and fair to him now. He resembles the man who lives...
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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 Proverbs 1:1. It addresses the
is...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Matthew 13:30; Matthew
13:49; Matthew 13:50; Matthew 25:46; Proverbs 14:32; Psalms 1:4;
Psalms 52:5;...
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Together — All without exception....