Psalms 37 is an Acrostic Psalm (see App-63), having four lines (a quatrain) assigned to each successive letter of the alphabet, except the fourth (Psalms 37:7), the eleventh (Psalms 37:20), the nineteenth (Psalms 37:34), which each have three lines (a triplet) assigned to them. These three triplet v... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST. Confide in. Hebrew. _batah._ App-4... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMIT. Roll upon, or Repose on. Compare Psalms 55:22. Hebrew. _galal._ App-69... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGMENT. vindication. Some codices, with six early printed editions and Syriac, read plural, "vindications". plural of majesty. thy complete vindication.... [ Continue Reading ]
REST. Hebrew be silent for: i.e. wait for, or stand still. Compare Psalms 62:5.Exodus 14:13. MAN. Hebrew _'ish._ App-14 WICKED. Hebrew _'dshah._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE CUT OFF: i.e. die. Used of Messiah (Daniel 9:26), whose resurrection was sure. (Psalms 16, &c). THE EARTH. the land, as in Psalms 37:3; Psalms 37:29; Psalms 37:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. lawless (plural) Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE MEEK. patient oppressed ones. Quoted in Matthew 5:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD*. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Altered by the _Sopherim_ to Adonai. App-32. LAUGH. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. DAY. judgment. "Day" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the judgment then to be executed. IS COMING. So some codices, with Aram, and Syriac Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POOR AND NEEDY. a poor and needy one. OF UPRIGHT CONVERSATION. upright in the (or their) way: i.e. in life. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "upright in heart".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RIGHTEOUS. (Plural.)... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWETH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for regarding with affection or favour. Compare Psalms 1:6; Psalms 31:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "like".... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEWETH MERCY. is gracious.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. Genitive of Cause. by: i.e. His blessed ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOOD MAN. Hebrew. _geber_. App-14. IV ORDERED. prepared, or made firm.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVER. all the day, or all day long. MERCIFUL. gracious.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELL. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Mood), App-6, imperative mood for indicative mood. thou shalt dwell.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAINTS. favoured, or gracious ones. THEY, &C. The letter _Ayin_ is hidden behind the Preposition _Lamed_, in the first word "for ever" (Hebrew. _le'olam_,). Dr. John Lightfoot says it is cut off like the "seed" of the "wicked" in same clause, both these words ending with _Ayin_. He sees in this the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND. See note on "the earth", Psalms 37:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one. JUDGMENT. justice.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WICKED. a lawless man. IN GREAT POWER. ruthless. A GREEN BAY TREE. a green tree in its native soil. Septuagint and Syriac read "cedars in Lebanon". Compare Hosea 14:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulg, read "I".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE END. the hereafter, or future. PEACE: or wellbeing.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSORS. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, omit "But", thus making the _Tau_ the first letter instead of the second.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. have made them escape. trust in. fled for refuge to. Hebrew. _hasah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]