Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 37:5
Commit — All thy cares and business, and necessities, commend to God by fervent prayer.
Commit — All thy cares and business, and necessities, commend to God by fervent prayer.
Verse Psalms 37:5. _COMMIT THY WAY UNTO THE LORD_] גול על יהוה _gol al_ _Yehovah_, _ROLL thy way upon the Lord_: probably, a metaphor taken from the _camel_, who lies down till his load be _rolled_ up...
COMMIT THY WAY UNTO THE - Lord. Margin, as in Hebrew, “Roll thy way upon, the Lord.” Compare the notes at Psalms 22:8, where the marg., as the Hebrew, is, “He rolled himself on the Lord.” See also 1 P...
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...
COMMIT. Roll upon, or Repose on. Compare Psalms 55:22. Hebrew. _galal._ App-69...
Warnings and counsels for times of temptation....
_Commit_&c. Lit. _Roll thy way upon Jehovah:_shake off and devolve upon Him all the burden of anxiety for life's course. Cp. Proverbs 16:3; 1 Peter 5:7. _and he shall bring_it _to pass_ With forcible...
Stanza of _Gimel_. The reward of faith....
DISCOURSE: 564 CONFIDENCE IN GOD RECOMMENDED Psalms 37:3. Trust in the Lord, and do good: so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall...
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...
_COMMIT THY WAY UNTO THE LORD; TRUST ALSO IN HIM; AND HE SHALL BRING IT TO PASS._ Commit thy way unto the Lord - Hebrew, gol, 'roll thy way upon Yahweh.' The image is of one rolling off from his own...
37:5 unto (g-4) Lit. 'Roll thy way upon.' see Psalms 22:8 ....
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...
COMMIT... — See margin, and Psalms 22:8. (Comp. Proverbs 16:3.) In Psalms 55:22 the word is different....
גֹּ֣ול עַל ־יְהוָ֣ה דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ וּ בְטַ֥ח עָ֝
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...
A SURE CURE FOR FRETTING Psalms 37:1 This is an acrostic psalm, grappling with the problem of the inequality of human life and the apparent failure of God to reward His servants and punish His enemie...
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...
(d) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. (d) Do not be led by your own wisdom, but obey God and he will finish his work in you....
_Me. They press upon me like a deluge or huge weight. (Calmet) --- The sin of David had many aggravations. (Berthier) --- His punishment was also great. (Calmet) --- His spirit was almost overwhelmed,...
Reader! do not overlook, however, the person of Christ in what is here said; while the chief scope of the Psalm is to comfort his church, yet recollect that that comfort is, all in, and from Jesus. It...
5._Roll _(22) _thy ways upon Jehovah. _Here David illustrates and confirms the doctrine contained in the preceding verse. In order that God may accomplish our desires, it behoves us to cast all our ca...
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...
COMMIT THY WAY UNTO THE LORD,.... Or "thy works", as in Proverbs 16:3; that is, all the affairs and business of life, which are a man's ways in which he walks; not that men should sit still, be inact...
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. Ver. 5. _Commit thy way unto the Lord_] Heb. Roll thy way, &c. That is, depend wholly upon him for direction and succ...
_Commit thy way unto the Lord_ All thy cares and business, thy desires and necessities. Commend them to God by fervent prayer, referring them to his good-will, and expecting a happy issue of all from...
Commit thy way unto the Lord, literally, "roll it upon Jehovah," heavy as it may seem with all its troubles and cares; TRUST ALSO IN HIM, AND HE SHALL BRING IT TO PASS, perform all that is needed for...
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...
COMMIT THY WAY UNTO THE LORD: _ Heb._ roll thy way upon the Lord...
1-6 When we look abroad we see the world full of evil-doers, that flourish and live in ease. So it was seen of old, therefore let us not marvel at the matter. We are tempted to fret at this, to think...
THY WAY, i.e. all thy cares and business, thy desires and necessities. Commend them to God by fervent prayer, referring them to his good will, and expecting a happy issue of all from him. HE SHALL BRI...
Psalms 37:5 Commit H1556 (H8798) way H1870 LORD H3068 Trust H982 (H8798) pass H6213 (H8799) Commit - He
1). THE WISE THING TO DO IS NOT TO FRET WHEN THE WICKED APPEAR TO PROSPER, BUT RATHER TO TRUST AND REST IN YHWH (ALEPH TO WAW - PSALMS 37:1) . Those who are wise will not allow fretting or anger to po...
Psalms 37:4 "I have been young, and now am old," says the writer of this Psalm. Its whole tone speaks the ripened wisdom and autumnal calm of age. The dim eyes have seen and survived so much, that it...
Psalms 37:3 God is building up a kingdom that is invisible a kingdom of holy thoughts, of pure feelings, of faith, of hope, of righteousness. God's kingdom is advancing surely, though it advances slow...
Psalms 37:1. _Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity._ A common temptation. Many of God's saints have suffered from it. Learn from their exper...
Let us read tonight part of the thirty-seventh Psalm. David here first of all dissuades himself and us from falling into a very common evil, that of envying the wicked because of their prosperity, and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Commit thy way unto the Lord._ COMMIT THY WAY What more appropriate motto can we select for a new year? Counsel such as this is in itself a kind of revelation. It reveals us to ourselves! Is our wa...
_Trust in the Lord and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed._ THE REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES That is good, sound advice; no metaphysics in that: it is good common sense,...
_Fret not thyself because of evil-doers._ FRET NOT There are many who suppose that it is well-nigh impossible to pass the time of our sojourning here without some degree of anxiety and depression of...
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
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...
1 Peter 5:7; Ecclesiastes 9:1; James 4:15; Job 22:28; Lamentations 3:37