Psalm 37:38

38 Zhìyú fàn fǎ de rén , bì yītóng mièjué . è rén zhōng bì jiǎnchú .

Psalm 37:38 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:38

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together
This is to be understood of obstinate and continued transgressors, who live and die in their transgressions; see ( Proverbs 11:3 ) ; otherwise all men are transgressors in Adam, and sinned and fell with him in his transgression; and are justly called transgressors from the womb; and are guilty of actual transgressions, nor are any clear from them; and are arraigned, convinced, and judged by the law as transgressors; and for many of these Christ died, and makes intercession; and who are converted, and turned from their transgressions; and these are pardoned, and saved, and not destroyed: but stubborn and perverse transgressors are destroyed; not only with a temporal destruction of their substance, and of their names, and they themselves are rooted out of the earth; but with an everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and the glory of his power; for this seems to refer to the day of judgment, when all the wicked will be "together"; and shall in a body stand at Christ's left hand, and be bid to go, "ye cursed into everlasting fire", ( Matthew 25:41 ) , and shall be turned into hell at once, and together;

the end of the wicked shall be cut off;
meaning either their posterity, as the word is rendered in ( Psalms 109:13 ) ; or their hope and expectation of good things here and hereafter; when the righteous man receives the end of his faith, hope, and expectation, even the salvation of his soul; but these shall be disappointed and frustrated of their end; see ( Proverbs 23:18 ) ; or their last end is cutting off from the presence and sight of God, utter ruin and destruction; and so it stands opposed to the end of the perfect and upright man, which is eternal peace and happiness.

Psalm 37:38 In-Context

36 Yǒu rén cóng nàli jīngguò , búliào , tā méiyǒu le . wǒ yĕ xúnzhǎo tā , què xún bù zhe .

37 Nǐ yào xì chá nà wánquán rén , guānkàn nà zhèngzhí rén . yīnwei hépíng rén yǒu hǎo jiéjú .

38 Zhìyú fàn fǎ de rén , bì yītóng mièjué . è rén zhōng bì jiǎnchú .

39 Dàn yì rén déjiù , shì yóuyú Yēhéhuá . tā zaì huànnàn shí zuò tāmende yíng zhaì .

40 Yēhéhuá bāngzhu tāmen , jiĕ jiù tāmen . tā jiĕ jiù tāmen tuōlí è rén , bǎ tāmen jiù chūlai , yīnwei tāmen tóukào tā .