Psalms 37:40

_BUT THE SALVATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS IS OF THE LORD: HE IS THEIR STRENGTH IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE._ The Hebrew copula [wª-] before the last letter of the alphabet connects this strophe with all that precedes, as its summary....

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 God! But God remarkably blights the projects of the prosperous wicked, especially persecutors. None are perfect in themselves, but believers are so in Christ Jesus. If all the saint's days continue dark and cloudy, his dying day may prove comfortable, and his sun set bright; or, if it should set under a cloud, yet his future state will be everlasting peace. The salvation of the righteous will be the Lord's doing. He will help them to do their duties, to bear their burdens; help them to bear their troubles well, and get good by them, and, in due time, will deliver them out of their troubles. Let sinners then depart fro...

Verse Psalms 37:40. _THE LORD - SHALL DELIVER THEM_] For they are always exposed to trials, and liable to fall. _BECAUSE THEY TRUST IN HIM._] They keep faith, prayer, love, and obedience in continual exercise. They continue to _believe_ in, _love_, and _obey God_; and he continues to _save them_. ANALYSIS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH PSALM What is here delivered may be reduced to these two general heads: - I. He sets down the duty of a good man, which is to be patient, and put his confidence in God when he sees the wicked prosper and flourish. II. He gives many reasons to prove the propriety of such conduct. I. He begins with an interdict, and then descends to give some directions. 1. His interdict is, "Fret not thyself," c

AND THE LORD SHALL HELP THEM - He will interpose to defend them when they are in danger and in trouble. AND DELIVER THEM - Rescue them from their dangers, and from the power of the wicked. HE SHALL DELIVER THEM FROM THE WICKED - From all the attempts of the wicked to destroy them. AND SAVE THEM - Or, preserve them. He will keep them to everlasting life. BECAUSE THEY TRUST IN HIM - They rely on him, and not on themselves. This verse is a summing up of the sentiments of the psalm, and is designed to confirm the main thought which runs through it, to wit, that we should not fret, or complain, or repine at the prosperity of wicked men, Psalms 37:1. The reason ultimately assigned for this is, that

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. While, generally, each letter heads a stanza consisting of two verses, there are three occasions on which the stanza assigned to a letter is formed of only one verse (see Psalms 37:7, Psalms 37:20, and Psalms 37:34). Further, there are two occasions when the stanza begins with a wrong letter, לtaking the place of ,ע and וof .ת The

AND THE LORD SHALL HELP THEM,.... In their distress, and out of their troubles, when none else can, and they themselves cannot; and that seasonably, and sometimes with means, and sometimes without; AND DELIVER THEM; out of all their afflictions, which he does sooner or later; if not in life, yet at death; HE SHALL DELIVER THEM FROM THE WICKED; this is repeated both for confirmation and explanation sake, showing who they are the Lord will deliver his people from, even from wicked and unreasonable men; he will not leave them in their hands now to do with them as they shall think fit; and he will free them from them to all eternity in the other world, where they shall cease from giving them any trouble; AND SAVE THEM, BECAUSE THEY TRUST IN HIM; not that there is any saving virtue in faith, or in trusting in the Lord; the saving virtue is in the Lord, the object of faith and trust; but in...

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 37:1. _Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb._ Evil cannot last. It is a feeble plant, like the grass and weeds which the mower's scythe soon cuts down, and leaves to wither in the blazing sunshine. 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 give thee the desires of thine heart._ This is a most precious verse, its swe

TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

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 37:12) 3. The ways of the righteous and the wicked (Psalms 37:21) 4. God's gracious ways with the righteous (Psalms 37:30) This Psalm is also alphabetical in structure and somewhat proverbial in character. It is full of sweet comfort and encouragement to faith. All the saints of God have fed on its beautiful statements,

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 the end, when God will separate the good from the bad and will recompense men according to their deserts. PSALMS 37:1 agrees almost verbally with Proverbs 29:14. For the envy intended, see Psalms 73:3. Psalms 37:4_ a_. Render as _mg._ Godly men find their delight in Yahweh because they do His will, and He in return answers their praye