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<p id="Chapter37" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>PSALM 37
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<p id="Ps37_1"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',37,'1-40');">Psa 37:1-40</a>.
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<p>A composed and uniform trust in God and a constant course of integrity are urged in view of the blessedness of the truly pious, contrasted in various aspects with the final ruin of the wicked. Thus the wisdom and justice of God's providence are vindicated, and its seeming inequalities, which excite the cavils of the wicked and the distrust of the pious, are explained. David's personal history abundantly illustrates the Psalm.
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<p><b>1, 2.</b> The general sentiment of the whole Psalm is expressed. The righteous need not be vexed by the prosperity of the wicked; for it is transient, and their destiny undesirable.
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<p id="Ps37_3"><b>3. Trust</b>—sure of safety.
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<br><br><b>shalt thou dwell</b>—or, "dwell thou"; repose quietly.
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<br><br><b>verily...fed</b>—or, "feed on truth," God's promise (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',36,5);">Psa 36:5</a>; compare <a onclick="return mV('Hsa',12,1);">Hsa 12:1</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_4"><b>4. desires</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',20,5);">Psa 20:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',21,2);">21:2</a>), what is lawful and right, really good (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',84,11);">Psa 84:11</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_5"><b>5. Commit thy way</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',16,3);">Pro 16:3</a>). <i>Works</i>—what you have to do and cannot set forth as a burden.
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<br><br><b>trust...in him</b>—literally, "on Him." <i>He will do</i> what you cannot (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',22,8);">Psa 22:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',31,68);">31:6</a>). He will not suffer your character to remain under suspicion.
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<p id="Ps37_7"><b>7, 8. Rest in</b>—literally, "Be silent to the Lord."
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<br><br><b>and wait</b>—Be submissive—avoid petulance and murmurings, anger and rash doing.
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<p id="Ps37_9"><b>9.</b> Two reasons: The prosperity of the wicked is short; and the pious, by humble trust, will secure all covenant blessing, denoted here by "inherit the earth" (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',25,13);">Psa 25:13</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_10"><b>10, 11. shall not be</b>—literally, "is not"—is not to be found.
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<p id="Ps37_11"><b>11. peace</b>—includes prosperity.
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<p id="Ps37_12"><b>12. gnasheth...teeth</b>—in beastly rage.
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<p id="Ps37_13"><b>13.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',2,4);">Psa 2:4</a>).
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<br><br><b>seeth</b>—knows certainly.
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<br><br><b>his day</b>—of punishment, long delayed, shall yet come (<a onclick="return mV('Hbr',10,37);">Hbr 10:37</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_14"><b>14, 15. sword, and...bow</b>—for any instruments of violence.
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<br><br><b>slay</b>—literally, "slaughter" (<a onclick="return mV('1Sa',25,11);">1Sa 25:11</a>).
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<br><br><b>poor and needy</b>—God's people (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',10,17);">Psa 10:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',12,5);">12:5</a>). The punishment of the wicked as drawn on themselves—often mentioned (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',7,15,16);">Psa 7:15-16</a> <a onclick="return mV('Psa',35,8);">35:8</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_16"><b>16. riches</b>—literally, "noise and tumult," as incidental to much wealth (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',39,6);">Psa 39:6</a>). Thus the contrast with the "little" of one man is more vivid.
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<p id="Ps37_17"><b>17.</b> Even the members of the body needed to hold weapons are destroyed.
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<p id="Ps37_18"><b>18, 19.</b> God, who knows His people's changes, provides against evil and supplies all their need.
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<p id="Ps37_20"><b>20.</b> While the wicked, however mighty, are destroyed, and that utterly, as smoke which vanishes and leaves no trace.
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<p id="Ps37_21"><b>21, 22. payeth not</b>—not able; having grown poor (compare <a onclick="return mV('Deu',15,7);">Deu 15:7</a>). Ability of the one and inability of the other do not exclude moral dispositions. God's blessing or cursing makes the difference.
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<p id="Ps37_22"><b>22. cut off</b>—opposed to "inherit the earth" (compare <a onclick="return mV('Lev',7,20,21);">Lev 7:20-21</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_23"><b>23, 24. steps</b>—way, or, "course of life"; as ordered by God, failures will not be permanent.
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<p id="Ps37_26"><b>26. his seed is blessed</b>—literally, "for a blessing" (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',12,2);">Gen 12:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',21,6);">Psa 21:6</a>). This position is still true as the rule of God's economy (<a onclick="return mV('1Ti',4,8);">1Ti 4:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Ti',6,6);">6:6</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_27"><b>27-29.</b> The exhortation is sustained by the assurance of God's essential rectitude in that providential government which provides perpetual blessings for the good, and perpetual misery for the wicked.
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<p id="Ps37_30"><b>30, 31.</b> The righteous described as to the elements of character, thought, word, and action.
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<p id="Ps37_31"><b>31. steps</b>—or, "goings"—for conduct which is unwavering (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',18,36);">Psa 18:36</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_32"><b>32, 33.</b> The devices of the wicked against the good fail because God acquits them.
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<p id="Ps37_34"><b>34.</b> On the contrary, the good are not only blessed, but made to see the ruin of their foes.
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<p id="Ps37_35"><b>35, 36.</b> of which a picture is given, under the figure of a flourishing tree (compare <i>Margin</i>), which soon withers.
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<p id="Ps37_36"><b>36. he was not</b>—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',37,10);">Psa 37:10</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_37"><b>37.</b> By "the end" is meant reward (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',23,18);">Pro 23:18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',24,14);">24:14</a>), or expectation of success, as in <a onclick="return mV('Psa',37,38);">Psa 37:38</a>, which describes the <i>end of the wicked</i> in contrast, and that is <i>cut off</i> (compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',73,17);">Psa 73:17</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_38"><b>38. together</b>—at once; entirely (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',4,8);">Psa 4:8</a>).
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<p id="Ps37_39"><b>39, 40. strength</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',27,1);">Psa 27:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',28,8);">28:8</a>).
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<br><br><b>trouble</b>—straits (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,9);">Psa 9:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',10,1);">10:1</a>). In trust and quietness is the salvation of the pious from all foes and all their devices.
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