Psalms 37:32-40

32 Tzaddi The wicked watches the righteous and seeks to slay him.

33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

34 Koph Wait on the LORD and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

35 Resh I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

36 Yet he passed away, and, behold, he was not: I sought him, but he could not be found.

37 Schin Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of each one of them is peace.

38 But the rebels were destroyed all together; the wicked were cut off in the end.

39 Tau But the salvation of the righteous is the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble.

40 And the LORD helped them and delivers them; he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they wait in him.

Psalms 37:32-40 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.