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Psalms 37:1 open_in_new
Fret not — Because they prosper in their wicked enterprizes.
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Psalms 37:5 open_in_new
Commit — All thy cares and business, and necessities, commend to God by fervent prayer.
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Psalms 37:6 open_in_new
Judgment — It shall be as visible to men, as the light of the sun, at noon — day.
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Psalms 37:7 open_in_new
Rest — Do not repine at his dealings, but quietly submit to his will, and wait for his help.
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Psalms 37:8 open_in_new
Fret not — Either against the sinner for his success; or against God. Do evil — If grief arise in thee, take care that it do not transport thee to sin.
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Psalms 37:9 open_in_new
The earth — This for the most part was literally fulfilled in that state of the church.
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Psalms 37:10 open_in_new
Not be — He shall be dead and gone. Diligently — Industriously seeking him. His place — His place and estate, and glory.
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Psalms 37:11 open_in_new
But — Those who patiently bear God's afflicting hand, and meekly pass by injuries. Peace — Partly of outward peace and prosperity, which God in his due time will give them: but principally of inward peace, in the sense of God's favour and the assurance of endless happiness.
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Psalms 37:13 open_in_new
His day — The day appointed by God for his punishment or destruction.
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Psalms 37:18 open_in_new
Knoweth — Observes with care and affection. The days — All things which befal them, their dangers and fears, and suffering. For ever — To them and their seed for ever: and when they die their inheritance is not lost, but exchanged for one infinitely better.
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Psalms 37:20 open_in_new
Fat — Which in an instant melts before the fire.
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Psalms 37:23 open_in_new
Established — So that he shall not fall into mischief.
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Psalms 37:24 open_in_new
Fall — Into trouble.
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Psalms 37:25 open_in_new
Forsaken — These temporal promises, were more express to the Jews in the times of the Old Testament, than to Christians.
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Psalms 37:26 open_in_new
Blessed — Not only with spiritual, but with temporal blessings.
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Psalms 37:27 open_in_new
Dwell — Thou shalt dwell in the land, and afterwards in heaven.
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Psalms 37:30 open_in_new
The mouth — Having shewed, God's singular care over the righteous, he proceeds to give a character of them. Judgment — Of God's judgment, word or law.
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Psalms 37:31 open_in_new
Heart — His thoughts, meditations and affections are fixed upon it. Slide — Slide, or swerve, from the rule, from God's law.
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Psalms 37:35 open_in_new
Bay — tree — Which is continually green and flourishing even in winter.
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Psalms 37:36 open_in_new
Yet — He was gone in an instant. But — There was no monument or remainder of him left.
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Psalms 37:37 open_in_new
Peace — Though he may meet with troubles in his way, yet all shall end well.
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Psalms 37:38 open_in_new
Together — All without exception.