Psalms 37:35
What meaning of the psalms 37:35 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 37:35 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a greenh bay tree."
What does Psalms 37:35 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a greenh bay tree."
Verse Psalms 37:35. _I HAVE SEEN THE WICKED IN GREAT POWER, AND SPREADING_ _HIMSELF LIKE A GREEN BAY-TREE._] Does not this refer to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and to the _vision_ he had of the _...
I HAVE SEEN - I have had an opportunity, in my long life Psalms 37:25, of witnessing the accuracy of the statement just made, that a righteous man may live to see a confirmation of the truth that wick...
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 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....
The final contrast....
SPREADING HIMSELF LIKE A GREEN BAY-TREE— _Like a native plant,_ or _a tree in its native soil._ Mudge. _Like a flourishing cedar._ Houbigant, after the LXX, and many of the ancient versions. See Psalm...
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 o...
_I HAVE SEEN THE WICKED IN GREAT POWER, AND SPREADING HIMSELF LIKE A GREEN BAY TREE._ I have ... great power - `in formidable power' х_ `AARIYTS_ (H6184)] (cf. Job 5:3). SPREADING ... GREEN BAY TREE...
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...
IN GREAT POWER. — Terrible, like a tyrant. GREEN BAY TREE. — The Hebrew word elsewhere implies a “native” as opposed to “a foreigner.” So here _an indigenous tree._ “It may be questioned whether any...
רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝ מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּ אֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃...
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...
35.and36_I have seen the wicked terrible, etc. _David here confirms from his own experience what I have just said, namely, that although the wicked are intoxicated with their prosperity, and held in 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...
I HAVE SEEN THE WICKED IN GREAT POWER,.... Meaning some particular person invested with great power, in great authority among men, one of the spiritual wickednesses in high places; such a man as Haman...
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Ver. 35. _I have seen the wicked in great power_] Or, formidable to others; first, a terror, and, shortly after, a...
_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...
A GREEN BAY TREE: Or, a green tree, that groweth in his own soil...
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...
IN GREAT POWER, or _formidable_; not only himself out of danger, as it seemed, but terrible to others. AND SPREADING HIMSELF; and therefore firmly and deeply rooted. LIKE A GREEN BAY TREE, which is co...
Psalms 37:35 seen H7200 (H8804) wicked H7563 power H6184 spreading H6168 (H8693) green H7488 tree H249 I have - Psalms 73:3-11; Esther 5:11; Job 5:3, Job 21:7-17; Isaiah 14:1
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...
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 Proverbs 1:1. It addresses the is...
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...
Daniel 4:20; Esther 5:11; Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 31:6; Isaiah 14:14; Job 21:7; Job 5:3; Job 8:13; Psalms 73:3-1...
Bay — tree — Which is continually green and flourishing even in winter....