The wicked borroweth, &c.— This description of the wicked and the righteous, is designed not to shew the dispositions of one and the other, as their abilities. "The wicked shall be so poor, as to be ever obliged to borrow, and incapable of paying; while the righteous shall have wherewithal to be generous and munificent." This will continue on the sense of the three verses before, to those that follow, which otherwise will be wholly disjointed. "For they who are blessed of him, the Lord, (namely, the righteous, Psalms 37:18-19.) shall inherit the earth; and they who are cursed of him, (namely, the wicked, Psalms 37:20.) shall be cut off. The steps of the man, (Psalms 37:23.) i.e. the righteous man, are firmly fixed, &c." Mudge. Some render the 23rd verse, While the steps of a man are directed by the Lord, he shall accept his way. The Hebrew word גבר geber, rendered a man, is said by Glassius, Onomat. p. 74 to be used emphatically as a type of Christ. See also Dr. Thomas Jackson's Nazareth and Bethlehem, vol. 2: p. 401.
Related Commentaries of Psalms 37:21
Psalms 37:21-22
21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.