Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 37:31
Heart — His thoughts, meditations and affections are fixed upon it. Slide — Slide, or swerve, from the rule, from God's law.
Heart — His thoughts, meditations and affections are fixed upon it. Slide — Slide, or swerve, from the rule, from God's law.
Verse Psalms 37:31. _THE LAW OF HIS GOD_ IS _IN HIS HEART_] The Lord promised that a time should come in which he would make a _new covenant_ with the house of Israel; he would put his laws in their m...
THE LAW OF HIS GOD IS IN HIS HEART - That is, he loves it; he thinks of it; he makes it the inward rule of his conduct: Deuteronomy 6:6; Psalms 40:8 The word “law” here is a general term for the truth...
Psalms 37 The Blessed Lot of the Righteous Contrasted with the Wicked _ 1. Waiting for Jehovah and His promise (Psalms 37:1)_ 2. The doom of the wicked and the portion of the righteous (Psalms 37:...
XXXVII. An acrostic poem. Its object is to teach patience and hope. The pious Jews, the Hasidim of Psalms 4:3 * who observe the Law strictly, are at present poor and oppressed. They are to wait for th...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
God's care for the righteous....
Stanza of _Pç_. The secret of security....
Cp. Psalms 119:11. God's law, treasured in his heart, regulates all his conduct. Without wavering or variation he pursues the path of right. Cp. Psalms 26:1; Psalms 73:2....
DISCOURSE: 566 THE SECURITY OF THE UPRIGHT SOUL Psalms 37:31. _The law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide._ THE blessedness of the righteous is a favourite subject with the swe...
PSALMS 37 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Alphabetical Exhortation to Patience in Well-Doing, notwithstanding the Temporary Prosperity of the Lawless. ANALYSIS It is not easy to resolve this psalm into any ot...
_THE MOUTH OF THE RIGHTEOUS SPEAKETH WISDOM, AND HIS TONGUE TALKETH OF JUDGMENT._ The mouth ... and his tongue ... judgment. The law ... his heart ... shall slide. As previously he has mentioned the...
This is an acrostic Ps., in which the alphabetic arrangement is carried without a break through 22 stanzas of varying length, to which the vv. of the English Bible do not correspond. The contents are...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
תֹּורַ֣ת אֱלֹהָ֣יו בְּ לִבֹּ֑ו לֹ֖א תִמְעַ֣ד...
Psalms 37:1 THERE is a natural connection between acrostic structure and didactic tone, as is shown in several instances, and especially in this psalm. The structure is on the whole regular, each seco...
STEPS THAT SHALL NOT SLIDE Psalms 37:30 How dear this psalm has been to God's saints! It has been peculiarly prized by them in all ages. Gerhardt has paraphrased it in his noble hymn: Give to the w...
This psalm has as its keynote "Fret not." The underlying problem is the prosperity of evil men. It is an astonishment and a perplexity still, troubling many a tried and trusting heart. The psalmist fi...
I have not interrupted the progress of these verses from the same reason as before: they contain so many beautiful repetitions of the same unquestionable truth; the wicked shall not go unpunished, nei...
To this there is added integrity of heart: _The law of the Lord is in his heart. _This, though it should precede in point of order, is not improperly put in the second place here. For the Scriptures a...
Psalms 37. In this interesting psalm the great point pressed on the remnant, a lesson for every soul, is waiting on Jehovah, and not having the spirit disturbed by evil; they will soon be cut down lik...
THE LAW OF HIS GOD [IS] IN HIS HEART,.... Which may be understood of the moral law, which was written in the heart of Adam an his creation, and continued there during his state of innocence, but was g...
The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. Ver. 31. _The law of his God is in his heart_] He hath a Bible in his head and another in his heart; he hath a good treasure withi...
_The law of his God is in his heart_ According to God's command, Deuteronomy 6:6, and promise, Jeremiah 31:33. His thoughts, and meditations, and affections are fixed upon it. He doth not talk religio...
The Law of his God is in his heart, providing the motive for his pious conduct; NONE OF HIS STEPS SHALL SLIDE, his entire conduct being guided by a certain rule and norm, since his will is regulated b...
THE APPARENT GOOD FORTUNE OF THE GODLESS COMPARED WITH THE BELIEVERS' TRUE HAPPINESS. A psalm of David, rightly considered one of the most beautiful written by him, called by Luther the garment of th...
STEPS: Or, goings...
21-33 The Lord our God requires that we do justly, and render to all their due. It is a great sin for those that are able, to deny the payment of just debts; it is a great misery not to be able to pa...
According to God's command, DEUTERONOMY 6:6, and promise, HEBREWS 8:10. His thoughts, and meditations, and affections are fixed upon it. He doth not talk religiously in design, or with ostentation, bu...
Psalms 37:31 law H8451 God H430 heart H3820 steps H838 slide H4571 (H8799) law - Psalms 1:2,...
3). THE REWARD AND WAYS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE SURE AND ABIDING (MEM TO PE - PSALMS 37:23). The Psalmist goes on to point out God's care for those who are truly His. All their ways are in His hands, an...
Psalms 37:17. _For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous._ They must stand, therefore, for how shall he fall whom God upholds? Psalms 37:18. The LORD knoweth t...
May the Spirit of God graciously apply this Psalm to our hearts, comforting us as no one else can! Is he not the Comforter, and what better cordial has he for our spirits than his own Word? Psalms 37...
Psalms 37:1. _Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity._ They often seem to have the best of it in this life; but if it really is so, we must nev...
This is one of the Psalms of David which have often cheered the saints of God when they have been perplexed because of the prosperity of the wicked and their own troubles. Psalms 37:1. _Fret not thys...
It may be, beloved friends, that there is a word of comfort for some of you in this «Psalm of David.» If any of you have been perplexed and worried, and there has been a stern conflict within your spi...
CONTENTS: The riddle of the prosperity of the wicked and the affliction of the righteous. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer should never waste a minute fretting about his enemies, but...
Psalms 37:1. _Fret not thyself,_ be not angry or irritated, _because of evil doers._ Let the consummate courtier gain elevation, let the merchant aggrandize his family, and the rich men buy the lands...
_The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide._ THE LAW OF GOD IN THE HEART I. The inward principle which actuates a good man. 1. An acquaintance with the law, considered as th...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 37:1. This can be called a wisdom psalm because it reflects on themes normally dealt with in the Bible’s Wisdom Literature, particularly in Prove
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 37:21 The contented person is free to give generously to the needy (DO GOOD, v. Psalms 37:27). Without such contentment one might be greedy an
INTRODUCTION This psalm was probably written by David in his old age, and contains his experience in reference to the providential dealings of God with men. It acknowledges the transient prosperity o...
EXPOSITION THIS is another of the alphabetical psalms (see above, Psalms 9:1; Psalms 25:1; and 34.), and, though more free from irregularities than the previous ones, is not altogether without them. W...
Psa 37:1-40 is an interesting psalm of David in which he begins with the words, Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity (Psalms 37:1). In verse...
Deuteronomy 11:18; Deuteronomy 6:6; Ezekiel 27:6; Hebrews 8:10;...