Chapter 37

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(Title), This is the third alphabetical Psalm. It seems to have been intended as an instructive and consoling ode for the captives in Babylon, who might feel themselves severely tempted when they saw those idolaters in prosperity, and themselves in adversity.

Fret Ps 37:7; 1Sam 1:6-8; Prov 19:3, Prov 24:1, Prov 24:19

neither Ps 73:3; Prov 3:31, Prov 23:17; Gal 5:21; Jas 4:5-6


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Ps 37:35-36, Ps 73:17-20, Ps 90:5-6, Ps 92:7, Ps 129:5-7; Job 20:5-9; Jas 1:10-11; 1Pet 1:24


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Trust Ps 4:5, Ps 26:1; Isa 1:16-19, Isa 50:10; Jer 17:7-8; 1Cor 15:57-58; Heb 6:10-12

so shalt Gen 26:2; 1Sam 26:19; Heb 11:13-16

verily Heb. in truth, or stableness

be fed Ps 33:19, Ps 34:9-10; Matt 6:31-33; Luke 22:35


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Delight Ps 43:4, Ps 104:34; Job 27:10, Job 34:9; Song 2:3; Isa 58:14; 1Pet 1:8

and Ps 21:1-2, Ps 145:19; John 15:7, John 15:16; 1John 5:14-15


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Commit Heb. Roll thy way upon, Ps 22:8, Ps 55:22; Prov 16:3 *marg. Matt 6:25; Luke 12:22, Luke 12:29-30; Phil 4:6-7; 1Pet 5:7

and Job 22:28; Eccl 9:1; Lam 3:37; Jas 4:15


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he shall Ps 31:20; Isa 54:17; Mic 7:8-9; 1Cor 4:5

light Job 11:17; Mal 3:18; Matt 13:43


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Rest in Heb. Be silent to, Ps 62:1; Josh 10:12; Jonah 1:11 *marg.

wait Ps 27:14, Ps 40:1; Prov 20:22; Isa 8:17, Isa 30:15; Lam 3:25-26; Hab 2:3; Gal 6:9; Heb 10:36-37; Jas 5:7-11

fret Ps 50:8, Ps 73:3-14; Jer 12:1

the man Job 21:7-34; Eccl 5:8; Isa 10:13-14; Dan 11:36; Rev 13:3-10


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Cease Job 5:2, Job 18:4; Prov 14:29, Prov 16:32; Eph 4:26, Eph 4:31; Jas 1:19-20, Jas 3:14-18

fret Ps 31:22, Ps 73:15, Ps 116:11; 1Sam 25:21-23; Jer 20:14-15; Jonah 4:1, Jonah 4:9; Luke 9:54-55


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evildoers Ps 37:35-36, Ps 55:23; Job 20:23-29, Job 27:13, Job 27:14-23

inherit Ps 37:11-12, Ps 37:29, Ps 25:13; Isa 58:14, Isa 60:21; Heb 11:16; Rev 5:10

the earth Or, "the land," airetz, probably the land of Judea, given by God himself as an inheritance to their fathers, and their posterity forever, and this verse seems to contain a promise of their return thither.


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yet Ps 73:18-20; Job 24:24; Heb 10:36-37; 1Pet 4:7; Rev 6:10-11

wicked Ps 37:35-36, Ps 49:10, Ps 103:16; Job 7:10, Job 7:21, Job 14:10, Job 20:8-9; Luke 12:20-21; Luke 16:27-28

thou Ps 52:5-7, Ps 58:10-11, Ps 107:42-43; 1Sam 25:38-39; 2Kgs 9:25, 2Kgs 9:34-37; Esth 7:10, Esth 8:1; Isa 14:16-19


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the meek Matt 5:5; Gal 5:22-23; 1Tim 6:11; Jas 1:21, Jas 3:13

delight Ps 36:8, Ps 72:7, Ps 119:165; Isa 26:3, Isa 48:18, Isa 57:18-21; John 14:27; Phil 4:7


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Ps 37:32; 1Sam 18:21, 1Sam 23:7-9; 2Sam 15:10-12; Esth 3:6; Matt 26:4, Matt 26:16

plotteth or, practiseth, Dan 8:12, Dan 8:24; Mic 2:1

gnasheth Ps 35:16


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laugh Ps 2:4; Prov 1:26

his day 1Sam 26:10; Jer 50:27; Ezek 21:25, Ezek 21:29; Dan 5:26


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wicked Ps 64:2-6; Acts 12:2-3, Acts 12:11, Acts 12:23

slay 1Sam 24:11, 1Sam 24:17; Prov 29:10, Prov 29:27; Hab 1:13; Matt 23:30-34; Acts 7:52; 1John 3:12

such as etc. Heb. the upright of way


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sword Ps 7:14-15, Ps 35:8; 1Sam 31:4; 2Sam 17:23; Esth 7:9-10; Isa 37:38; Mic 5:6; Matt 27:4-5

bows Ps 46:9, Ps 76:3-6; Jer 51:56; Hos 1:5, Hos 2:18


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Prov 3:33, Prov 13:25, Prov 15:16-17, Prov 16:8, Prov 30:9; Eccl 2:26, Eccl 4:6; Matt 6:11; 1Tim 6:6


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arms Ps 10:15; Job 38:15; Ezek 30:21-25

Lord Ps 37:24, Ps 41:12, Ps 51:12, Ps 63:8, Ps 119:116-117, Ps 145:14; Isa 41:10, Isa 42:1; Jude 1:24


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knoweth Ps 1:6, Ps 31:7; Matt 6:32; 2Tim 2:19

the days Ps 37:13, Ps 31:15, Ps 49:5; Deut 33:25; Matt 24:21-24; 2Tim 3:1-5, 2Tim 4:2-4; Rev 11:3-5

their Ps 16:11, Ps 21:4, Ps 73:24, Ps 103:17; Isa 60:21; Rom 5:21, Rom 6:23; 1Pet 1:4-5; 1John 2:25


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in the evil Eccl 9:12; Amos 5:13; Mic 2:3; Eph 5:16

days Ps 33:19; Job 5:20-22; Prov 10:3; Isa 33:16


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But the Ps 68:2, Ps 92:9; Judg 5:31; Luke 13:3, Luke 13:5; 2Pet 2:12

as the fat of lambs Heb. preciousness, That is, as the fat was wholly consumed in sacrifices, by the fire on the altar, so the wicked shall consume away in the fire of God's anger. Deut 33:14-16

smoke Ps 102:3; Gen 19:28; Lev 3:3-11, Lev 3:16; Deut 29:20; Heb 12:29


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borroweth Deut 28:12, Deut 28:43-44; 2Kgs 4:1-5; Neh 5:1-5; Prov 22:7

righteous Ps 112:5, Ps 112:9; Deut 15:9-11; Job 31:16-20; Isa 32:8, Isa 58:7-10; Luke 6:30; Acts 11:29, Acts 20:35; 2Cor 8:9, 2Cor 9:6-15; Heb 6:10, Heb 13:16


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Blessed Ps 37:11, Ps 37:18, Ps 32:1, Ps 115:15, Ps 128:1; Prov 3:33

cursed Ps 119:21; Matt 25:41; 1Cor 16:22; Gal 3:10, Gal 3:13

cut off Ps 37:9, Ps 37:28; Zech 5:3-4


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steps Ps 17:5, Ps 85:13, Ps 119:133, Ps 121:3, Ps 121:8; 1Sam 2:9; Job 23:11-12; Prov 16:9; Jer 10:23

ordered or, established, Ps 40:2; Prov 4:26

delighteth Ps 147:10; Prov 11:1, Prov 11:20; Jer 9:24; Heb 13:16


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Though Ps 34:19-20, Ps 40:2, Ps 91:12, Ps 94:18, Ps 145:14; Prov 24:16; Mic 7:7-8; Luke 2:34; Luke 22:31-32, Luke 22:60-62

for Ps 37:17, Ps 145:14; John 10:27-30


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I have Ps 71:9, Ps 71:18; Job 32:6-7; Acts 21:16; Phlm 1:8-9

yet Ps 37:28, Ps 94:14; Josh 1:5; 1Sam 12:22; Isa 13:16; 2Cor 4:9; Heb 12:5-6; Heb 13:5

nor his seed Ps 25:13, Ps 59:15, Ps 109:10, Ps 112:2; Gen 17:7; Job 15:23; Prov 13:22; Luke 1:53-55


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ever Heb. all the day

merciful Ps 37:21, Ps 112:5, Ps 112:9; Deut 15:8-10; Matt 5:7; Luke 6:35-38

his seed Prov 20:7; Jer 32:39


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Depart Ps 34:14; Job 28:28; Prov 16:6, Prov 16:17; Isa 1:16-17; 2Tim 2:19; Titus 2:11-14

do good Ps 37:3; 1Thess 5:15; Titus 3:8, Titus 3:14; Heb 13:16, Heb 13:21; 1John 2:16-17


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loveth Ps 11:7, Ps 45:6-7, Ps 99:4; Isa 30:18, Isa 61:8; Jer 9:24

forsaketh Ps 37:25, Ps 37:40, Ps 92:13-15; Isa 59:21; Jer 32:40-41; John 5:24, John 6:39-40; John 10:28-30, John 15:9; 1John 2:19; 1Pet 1:5; Jude 1:1

but Ps 21:10; Exod 20:5; Job 18:19, Job 27:14; Prov 2:22; Isa 14:20-21


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Ps 37:9, Ps 37:11, Ps 37:18, Ps 37:27; Deut 30:20; Prov 2:21; 2Pet 3:13; Rev 21:3-4, Rev 21:7


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Ps 71:15, Ps 71:24; Deut 6:7-9; Prov 10:21, Prov 10:31, Prov 15:7, Prov 25:11-13, Prov 27:9; Matt 12:35; Eph 4:29; Col 4:6


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law Ps 1:2, Ps 40:3, Ps 40:8, Ps 119:11, Ps 119:98; Deut 6:6, Deut 11:18-20; Prov 4:4; Isa 51:7; Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10

none Ps 37:23, Ps 121:3

steps or, goings, Ps 17:5, Ps 40:2, Ps 44:18 *marg. Ps 73:2; Job 23:11; Prov 14:15; Ezek 27:6 *marg.


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watcheth Ps 37:12, Ps 10:8-10; Jer 20:10; Luke 6:7, Luke 11:54, Luke 14:1, Luke 19:47-48, Luke 20:20; Acts 9:24


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will not Ps 31:7-8, Ps 124:6-7; 1Sam 23:26-28; 2Tim 4:17; 2Pet 2:9

condemn Ps 109:31; Rom 8:1, Rom 8:33-34


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Wait Kawah, to wait, implies the extension of a right line from one point to another. The first point is the human heart; the line is its intense desire; and the last point is God, to whom the heart extends this straight line of earnest desire. He who, while he waits on God, keeps his way, is sure to have the further blessings of which he is in pursuit. Ps 37:3, Ps 37:7, Ps 37:9, Ps 27:14; Prov 20:22

keep Job 17:9, Job 23:10-12; Prov 4:25-27, Prov 16:17; Matt 24:13

exalt Ps 92:10, Ps 112:9; Luke 14:11; 1Pet 1:7, 1Pet 5:6

when Ps 52:5-6, Ps 91:8, Ps 92:11


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I have Ps 73:3-11; Esth 5:11; Job 5:3, Job 21:7-17; Isa 14:14-19

a green bay tree or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil, Job 8:13-19; Ezek 31:6-10, Ezek 31:18; Dan 4:20-33


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Ps 37:10; Exod 15:9-10, Exod 15:19; Job 20:5-29; Isa 10:16-19, Isa 10:33-34; Acts 12:22-23


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Job 1:1, Job 42:12-17; Prov 14:32; Isa 32:17, Isa 57:2; Luke 2:25-29; Acts 7:59-60; 2Tim 4:6-8; 2Pet 1:14


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Ps 1:4-6, Ps 9:17, Ps 52:5; Prov 14:32; Matt 13:30, Matt 13:49-50, Matt 25:46; 2Thess 1:8-9


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salvation Ps 3:8; Isa 12:2; Jonah 2:9; Eph 2:8

strength Ps 9:9, Ps 46:1, Ps 91:15; Isa 33:2; Col 1:11; 2Tim 4:17


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the Lord Isa 31:5, Isa 46:4; Dan 3:17, Dan 3:28, Dan 6:23

from Ps 17:13, Ps 27:2; 1John 2:13-14, 1John 5:18

because Ps 22:4-5; 1Chr 5:20


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