Psalms 37:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. ”

Psalms 37:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But the transgressors - Sinners; violators of the law of God. Shall be destroyed together - The word “together” here - יחדּו yach e dâh - means properly “a union of them;” then, toge...
Psalms 37:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 f...
Psalms 37:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

transgressors. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44.
Psalms 37:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Shall be destroyed together— Or, at once: "They shall all at once be totally destroyed." See Psalms 49:10 in the Hebrew. REFLECTIONS.— 1st, The way of duty is made very plain, and therefore...
Psalms 37:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 37:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 37:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 37:1-40 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, ea...
Psalms 37:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Steps That Shall not Slide Psalms 37:30-40 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...
Psalms 37:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 f...
Psalms 37:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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, ne...
Psalms 37:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together ,.... This is to be understood of obstinate and continued transgressors, who live and die in their transgressions; see Proverbs 11:3 ; otherwise al...
Psalms 37:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. Ver. 38. But the transgressors, &c. ] Here the end is worse than the beginning. Sin ever ends tragica...
Psalms 37:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 37:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortations and Promises. 34 Wait on the L ORD , and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when t...
Psalms 37:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Together; or, alike , one as well as another; all, without any exception or respect of persons. The end of the wicked shall be cut off, i. e. he shall be cut off at last, or in the end. His pros...
Psalms 37:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

4). The Contrast Between The Behaviour And Destinies Of The Righteous and Of The Unrighteous (Tsade to Tau - Psalms 37:32-40 ). The Psalmist concludes his Psalm by making contrasts between the li...
Psalms 37:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 37:38 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 37:38 I. The character here presented for our study: the perfect and upright man. The essential principle of the perfectness of which David speaks is a heart right with God, a life whose ro...
Psalms 37:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 37:1-2 . Fret not...
Psalms 37:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 lan...
Psalms 37:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

The end of the wicked shall be cut off. The end of the wicked The condition of the sinner is an awful one notwithstanding things may seem lovely and fair to him now. He resembles the man who li...
Psalms 37:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is another of the alphabetical psalms (see above, Psalms 9:1-19 ; Psalms 25:1-19 ; and 34.), and, though more free from irregularities than the previous ones, is not altogeth...
Psalms 37:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 37:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:8 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Matthew 13:30 ; Matthew 13:49 ; Matthew 13:50 ; Matthew 25:46 ; Proverbs 14:32 ; Psalms 1:4-6 ; Psalms 52:5 ; Psalms 9:17
Psalms 37:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Together — All without exception.

Psalms 37:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 37:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 37:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 37:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 37:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 37:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 37:38 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 37:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 37:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 37:38 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 37:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 37:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 37:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 37:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 37:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 37:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 37:38 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes