시편 37:1-14 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:9

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 shall be cut off from the earth, and rooted out of it by death or some desolating judgment; see Proverbs 2:22 ; and therefore not to be envied and fretted at; but those that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the earth ; such who attend his word, worship, and ordinances; obey his commands,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:10

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 lift up their eyes in hell; their bodies will rise again at the last day; they shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ, and go into everlasting punishment; but they shall be no more in the world, and in the same flourishing and prosperous circumstances they were: and this their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the earth ,.... See Gill on Psalm 37:9 ; of this character See Gill on Psalm 22:26 . Our Lord seems to refer to this passage in Matthew 5:5 ; and shall delight themselves is the abundance of peace ; of spiritual peace enjoyed in a way of believing, arising from a comfortable view of interest in the blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ; and of all happiness and prosperity in the kingdom of Christ here on earth, at which time there will be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:12

The wicked plotteth against the just ,.... Forms schemes to make him uneasy, uncomfortable, and unhappy: and gnasheth upon him with his teeth : which expresses his malice and hatred, as David's enemies did upon him, Psalm 35:16 ; and Stephen's, Acts 7:54 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:13

The Lord shall laugh at him ,.... Have him and his plots in derision, confound his schemes, and disappoint him of his designs, bring him into calamity, and laugh at it; see Psalm 2:4 ; for he seeth that his day is coming ; either the day of the Lord, which he has appointed to judge the world in, and which comes suddenly, at unawares, as a thief in the night, and is known unto the Lord, though to none else; or the day of the wicked man's ruin and destruction, to which he is appointed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:14

The wicked have drawn out the sword ,.... That is, out of the scabbard; they drew upon the righteous, in order to sheath it in them; or they sharpened the sword, as Aben Ezra observes some interpret the word; it may be literally rendered, "opened the sword" F17 חרב פתחו "aperuerunt gladium", Gejerus. , which before lay hid in the scabbard: and have bent their bow ; having put the arrow in it, in order to shoot. The former expression may design the more open, and this the more... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 37:1

Fret not thyself because of evil doers - It is as foolish as it is wicked to repine or be envious at the prosperity of others. Whether they are godly or ungodly, it is God who is the dispenser of the bounty they enjoy; and, most assuredly, he has a right to do what he will with his own. To be envious in such a case, is to arraign the providence of God. And it is no small condescension in the Almighty to reason with such persons as he does in this Psalm. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down - They have their portion in this life; and their enjoyment of it cannot be long, for their breath is but a vapor that speedily vanishes away. They fall before death, as the greensward does before the scythe of the mower. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 37:3

Dwell in the land - Do not flee to foreign climes to escape from that providence which, for thy own good, denies thee affluence in thy own country. And verily thou shalt be fed - God will provide for thee the necessaries of life: its conveniences might damp thy intellect in its inventions, and lead thee into idleness; and its superfluities would induce thee to pamper thy passions till the concerns of thy soul would be absorbed in those of the flesh and, after having lived an animal life,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 37:4

Delight thyself also in the Lord - Expect all thy happiness from him, and seek it in him. The desires of thine heart - משאלות mishaloth , the petitions. The godly man never indulges a desire which he cannot form into a prayer to God. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 37:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 37:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 37:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 37:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 37:4

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