Psalms 37:34-40

34 ¹Wait for the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the ²wicked are cut off, you will see it.

35 I have ³seen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a ⁴luxuriant tree in its native soil.

36 Then he passed away, and lo, he ⁵was no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found.

37 Mark the ⁶blameless man, and behold the ⁷upright; For the man of peace will have a ⁸posterity.

38 But transgressors will be altogether ⁹destroyed; The posterity of the wicked will be ¹⁰cut off.

39 But the ¹¹salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength ¹²in time of trouble.

40 ¹³The LORD helps them and delivers them; He ¹⁴delivers them from the wicked and saves them, Because they ¹⁵take 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 15

1. Psalms 27:14; Psalms 37:9
2. Psalms 52:5, 6; Psalms 91:8
3. Job 5:3; Jeremiah 12:2
4. Job 8:16
5. Job 20:5; Psalms 37:10
6. Psalms 37:18
7. Psalms 7:10
8. Isaiah 57:1, 2
9. Psalms 1:4-6; Psalms 37:20, 28
10. Psalms 37:9; Psalms 73:17
11. Psalms 3:8; Psalms 62:1
12. Psalms 9:9; Psalms 37:19
13. Psalms 54:4
14. Psalms 22:4; Isaiah 31:5; Daniel 3:17; Daniel 6:23
15. 1 Chronicles 5:20; Psalms 34:22

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "native;" Heb obscure
[b]. Ancient versions read "I passed by"
[c]. Lit "complete;" or "perfect"
[d]. Lit "an end"
[e]. Lit "end"