Psalms 37:34-40

34 ¹Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on ²when the wicked are cut off.

35 ³I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like ⁴a green laurel tree.^[a]

36 But he passed away,^[b] and behold, ⁵he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.

37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of ⁶peace.

38 But ⁷transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked ⁸shall be cut off.

39 ⁹The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in ¹⁰the time of trouble.

40 The LORD helps them and ¹¹delivers them; ¹²he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they ¹³take refuge in him.

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Psalms 37:34-40 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 37

\\<<[A Psalm] of David>>\\. This psalm, it is very probable, was written at the same time, and upon the same occasion, with the former; and describes the different states of good and bad men; and is full of exhortations, instructions, and advice to the people of God; intermixed with various encouraging promises. A late learned writer {h} thinks it was written for Mephibosheth's consolation under Ziba's calumny. {h} Delaney's Life of King David, vol. 2. p. 219.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. ver. 9; See Psalms 27:14
2. Psalms 52:5, 6; Psalms 91:8
3. See Job 5:3
4. [Psalms 52:8]
5. ver. 10; Job 20:5
6. ver. 11; Psalms 119:165; Isaiah 57:2
7. [Psalms 52:5; Psalms 104:35; Proverbs 2:22]
8. Psalms 73:17; Job 18:17
9. See Psalms 3:8
10. Psalms 9:9
11. [Isaiah 31:5; Acts 12:11]
12. [1 Chronicles 5:20; Daniel 3:17, 28; Daniel 6:23]
13. See Psalms 11:1

Footnotes 2

[a]. The identity of this tree is uncertain
[b]. Or But one passed by

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