Psalms 37
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Chapter 37
Chapter Overview:
Verses:
David exhorts to patience and confidence in God, ver. 1 - 8.
Shews the different state of the righteous and the wicked, ver. 9 - 40.
A psalm of David.
| 37:1 | Fret not - Because they prosper in their wicked enterprizes. |
| 37:5 | Commit - All thy cares and business, and necessities, commend to God by fervent prayer. |
| 37:6 | Judgment - It shall be as visible to men, as the light of the sun, at noon - day. |
| 37:7 | Rest - Do not repine at his dealings, but quietly submit to his will, and wait for his help. |
| 37:8 | Fret not - Either against the sinner for his success; or against God. Do evil - If grief arise in thee, take care that it do not transport thee to sin. |
| 37:9 | The earth - This for the most part was literally fulfilled in that state of the church. |
| 37:10 | Not be - He shall be dead and gone. Diligently - Industriously seeking him. His place - His place and estate, and glory. |
| 37:11 | But - Those who patiently bear God's afflicting hand, and meekly pass by injuries. Peace - Partly of outward peace and prosperity, which God in his due time will give them: but principally of inward peace, in the sense of God's favour and the assurance of endless happiness. |
| 37:13 | His day - The day appointed by God for his punishment or destruction. |
| 37:18 | Knoweth - Observes with care and affection. The days - All things which befal them, their dangers and fears, and suffering.For ever - To them and their seed for ever: and when they die their inheritance is not lost, but exchanged for one infinitely better. |
| 37:20 | Fat - Which in an instant melts before the fire. |
| 37:23 | Established - So that he shall not fall into mischief. |
| 37:24 | Fall - Into trouble. |
| 37:25 | Forsaken - These temporal promises, were more express to the Jews in the times of the Old Testament, than to Christians. |
| 37:26 | Blessed - Not only with spiritual, but with temporal blessings. |
| 37:27 | Dwell - Thou shalt dwell in the land, and afterwards in heaven. |
| 37:30 | The mouth - Having shewed, God's singular care over the righteous, he proceeds to give a character of them. Judgment - Of God's judgment, word or law. |
| 37:31 | Heart - His thoughts, meditations and affections are fixed upon it. Slide - Slide, or swerve, from the rule, from God's law. |
| 37:35 | Bay - tree - Which is continually green and flourishing even in winter. |
| 37:36 | Yet - He was gone in an instant. But - There was no monument or remainder of him left. |
| 37:37 | Peace - Though he may meet with troubles in his way, yet all shall end well. |
| 37:38 | Together - All without exception. |