Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 37:37
(y) Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.
(y) He exhorts the faithful to mark diligently the examples both of God's mercies, and also of his judgments.
(y) Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.
(y) He exhorts the faithful to mark diligently the examples both of God's mercies, and also of his judgments.
Verse Psalms 37:37. _MARK THE PERFECT MAN_] Him who is described above. Take notice of him: he is _perfect in his soul_, God having saved him from all sin, and filled him with his own _love_ and _imag...
MARK THE PERFECT MAN - In contrast with what happens to the wicked. The word “perfect” here is used to designate a righteous man, or a man who serves and obeys God. See the notes at Job 1:1. The word...
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...
THE END. the hereafter, or future. PEACE: or wellbeing....
The final contrast....
Stanza of _Shin_. The future of the wicked and the righteous. _Mark_ I.e. observe. The P.B.V., _Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right_, follows the LXX, Vulg., Symm., Jer., Syr.,...
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...
_MARK THE PERFECT MAN, AND BEHOLD THE UPRIGHT: FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE._ Mark ... (man) ... for the end of (that) man (is) peace. As there is no Hebrew for "that" before "man" [not _ LAA'IYS...
37:37 peace; (g-15) Or 'for there is a future to the man of peace.'...
END] RM 'future' or 'posterity.'...
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...
FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE. — This is quite wrongly translated, since _acharîth_ must here mean, as in Psalms 109:13; Amos 4:2; Amos 9:1, “posterity.” The parallelism decides in favour of this....
שְׁמָר ־תָּ֭ם וּ רְאֵ֣ה יָשָׁ֑ר כִּֽי ־אַחֲרִ
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...
37_Observe the perfect man _David exhorts the faithful diligently to consider every instance they may meet with of the grace of God, as well as of his judgment; but he teaches, at the same time, that...
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...
MARK THE PERFECT [MAN],.... None are so in themselves, not the most holy man upon earth; for though all grace is implanted at once in regeneration, the seed of grace of every kind is cast into the hea...
Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace. Ver. 37. _Mark the perfect man, &c._] As we must treasure up experiences ourselves; so we must stir up others to...
_Mark the perfect man_, &c. Behold now a very different character, a man who is upright before God, who sincerely desires and endeavours to please and glorify him, and therefore makes it his care to w...
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...
Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, watching closely how the Lord deals with such a person; FOR THE END OF THAT MAN IS PEACE, the man of peace receiving everlasting peace as the reward of God...
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...
Though he may meet with troubles in his way, yet all shall end well with him; he shall be happy at last....
Psalms 37:37 Mark H8104 (H8798) blameless H8535 observe H7200 (H8798) upright H3477 future H319 man H376 peace...
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...
PERFECT MAN (_ See Scofield) - (1 Kings 8:61). _...
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...
_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...
_Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace._ THE PERFECT MAN I. The description given. 1. It cannot imply positive perfection--that is impossible. True, there is...
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....
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...
2 Peter 1:14; 2 Timothy 4:6; Acts 7:59; Acts 7:60; Isaiah 32:17;...
Peace — Though he may meet with troubles in his way, yet all shall end well....