Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 37:36
Yet he (x) passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
(x) So that the prosperity of the wicked is but as a cloud, which vanishes away in a moment.
Yet he (x) passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
(x) So that the prosperity of the wicked is but as a cloud, which vanishes away in a moment.
Verse Psalms 37:36. _YET HE PASSED AWAY_] Both _Nebuchadnezzar_ and his wicked successor, _Belshazzar_; and on the destruction of the latter, when God had _weighed him in the balance, and found him wa...
YET HE PASSED AWAY - Compare the notes at Job 20:5. The allusion here, of course, is to the man, and not to the tree, though the grammatical construction might refer to either. The idea is that he pas...
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...
HE. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulg, read "I"....
The final contrast....
Stanza of _Resh_. The transitoriness of the wicked. Cp. Psalms 37:10; Psalms 52:5 ff.; Job 8:16 ff...
_Yet he passed away_ R.V. But one passed by. Better, with LXX, Vulg., Syr., Jer.; And I passed by....
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...
_YET HE PASSED AWAY, AND, LO, HE WAS NOT: YEA, I SOUGHT HIM, BUT HE COULD NOT BE FOUND._ He passed ... was not. One could scarcely believe one's eyes, that such a flourishing sinner could so quickly...
37:36 away, (f-4) Or 'and one passed by.'...
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...
HE PASSED BY] RV 'one passed by.' Perhaps we should read, 'I passed by.'...
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...
YET HE PASSED AWAY. — This should be, _And there went one by,_ &c. LXX. and Vulg. have, “And I passed by.” (Comp. Prayer Book version.)...
וַ֭ יַּֽעֲבֹר וְ הִנֵּ֣ה אֵינֶ֑נּוּ וָֽ֝ אֲבַ
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...
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...
YET HE PASSED AWAY,.... At once, on a sudden; either his riches and honour, which, in one hour, came to nought, by one providence or another; or he himself by death; in the midst of all his prosperity...
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Ver. 36. _Yet he passed away, &c._] The Greek and Latin have it, I passed by. See Psalms 37:10. How soon and u...
_I have seen the wicked in great power_ Hebrew, עריצ, _gnaritz, violent_, or _formidable:_ not only himself out of danger, as it seemed, but terrible to others; _and spreading himself_ And therefore f...
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...
Yet he passed away, rather, "lo, one passed by," spoken as of a casual passer-by, AND, LO, HE WAS NOT, gone without causing so much as a ripple; YEA, I SOUGHT HIM, BUT HE COULD NOT BE FOUND. "The path...
34-40 Duty is ours, and we must mind it; but events are God's, we must refer the disposal of them to him. What a striking picture is in ver. Psalms 37:35; Psalms 37:36, of many a prosperous enemy of...
He was gone in an instant, like a tree blasted and blown down, or cut off and rooted out, and carried away in a moment. There was no monument nor remainder of him left....
Psalms 37:36 away H5674 (H8799) sought H1245 (H8762) found H4672 (H8738) Psalms 37:10;...
4). THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BEHAVIOUR AND DESTINIES OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS (TSADE TO TAU - PSALMS 37:32). The Psalmist concludes his Psalm by making contrasts between the lives 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...
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...
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...
_I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree._ Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not. THE TWO CHARACTERS The word “perfect” in the Old Testament is generally...
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 37:32 This final section assures the faithful that THE LORD WILL NOT ABANDON them to the POWER of the WICKED (vv....
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...
Acts 12:22; Acts 12:23; Exodus 15:10; Exodus 15:19; Exodus 15:9;...
Yet — He was gone in an instant. But — There was no monument or remainder of him left....