Psalms 37:13

His day — The day appointed by God for his punishment or destruction.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord shall laugh at him - See the notes at Psalms 2:4 . That is, he will regard all his attempts as vain - as not worthy of serious thought...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The LORD*. Hebrew. Jehovah. Altered by the Sopherim to Adonai. App-32. laugh. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. day . judgment. "...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. He seeth that his day is coming - The utter desolation of your oppressors is at han...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That his day is coming— i.e. The day of his punishment: so Jeremiah 5:31 . For thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. See Psalms 137...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The Lord shall laugh at him - rather. 'The Lord laughs at him' ( Psalms 2:4...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

His day ] of retribution.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall laugh. — Comp. Psalms 2:4 , Note; his day, i.e., the day of trouble or retribution for the wicked, as we see from Psalms 137:7 ; Job 18:...
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 thi...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Sure Cure for Fretting Psalms 37:1-17 This is an acrostic psalm, grappling with the problem of the inequality of human life and the apparent...
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, troubli...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an awful day of God will this be. Reader! if you look into the world, and behold the proud man's scorn, and the poor man's oppressed circumstanc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord shall laugh at him ,.... Have him and his plots in derision, confound his schemes, and disappoint him of his designs, bring him into calami...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. Ver. 13. The Lord will laugh at him ] See Psalms 2:4 . The righteous also shall...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The wicked plotteth against the just There is a rooted enmity in the seed of the wicked one against the righteous seed: their aim is, if they can,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortations and Promises. 7 Rest in the L ORD , and wait patiently f...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall laugh at him, i.e. shall despise and deride all their hopes and endeavours against the good, as most vain and foolish. His day; either, 1...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2). The Triumphs Of The Unrighteous Are Temporary, And For Them Retribution Will Come, While The Righteous Have An Eternal Inheritance To Be Enjoyed...
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 w...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Let us read tonight part of the thirty-seventh Psalm. David here first of all dissuades himself and us from falling into a very common evil, that of...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

It may be, beloved friends, that there is a word of comfort for some of you in this «Psalm of David.» If any of you have been perplexed and worried,...
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 a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 37:1 . Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. They often seem to have the best of...
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 h...
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 a...
The Biblical Illustrator

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The plottings of the wicked against the good That the wicked plot a...
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 irre...
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 beautif...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord shall laugh at him, making mockery of the unbeliever's futile anger; for He seeth that His day, the day of judgment and punishment, is co...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 26:10 ; Daniel 5:26 ; Ezekiel 21:25 ; Ezekiel 21:29 ; Jeremiah 50:27 ; Proverbs 1:26 ; Psalms 2:4

¹³ The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 37:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 37:13