Psalms 37:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. ”

• Psalms 37:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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....

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  deliver . have made them escape. trust in. fled for refuge to. Hebrew. hasah. App-69.

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• Psalms 37:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. The Lord - shall deliver them - For they are always exposed to trials,...

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• Psalms 37:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 th...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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;...

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• Psalms 37:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. Ver. 40. And the Lord shall help them, &c. ] He shall, he shall...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - Scofield Reference Notes

  trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).

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• Psalms 37:40 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord. A testimony to free and Sovereign grace “The salvation of the righteous “in the broadest sense of the word” is of the Lord”; and the more breadth...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - 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...

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• Psalms 37:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 5:20 ; 1 John 2:13 ; 1 John 2:14 ; 1 John 5:18 ; Daniel 3:17 ; Daniel 3:28 ; Daniel 6:23 ; Isaiah 31:5 ; Isaiah 46:4 ; Psalms 17:13 ; Psalms 22:4 ; Psalms 22:5 ; Psalms 27:2...

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