Salmos 37:38

38 Mas los rebeldes fueron todos destruidos; la postrimería de los impíos fue talada

Salmos 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.

Salmos 37:38 In-Context

36 Pero pasó, y he aquí no aparece; lo busqué, y no fue hallado

37 Sin Considera al perfecto, y mira al recto; que la postrimería de cada uno de ellos es paz

38 Mas los rebeldes fueron todos destruidos; la postrimería de los impíos fue talada

39 Tau Pero la salvación de los justos es el SEÑOR, y él es su fortaleza en el tiempo de la angustia

40 Y el SEÑOR los ayudó, y los libera, y los libertará de los impíos; y los salvará, por cuanto esperaron en él