{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/psa037.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/psa037.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/psa037.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \nPsalms 37:1\n \npsa 37:1\nFret not - Because they prosper in their wicked enterprizes. \nPsalms 37:5\n \npsa 37:5\nCommit - All thy cares and business, and necessities, commend to God by fervent prayer. \nPsalms 37:6\n \npsa 37:6\nJudgment - It shall be as visible to men, as the light of the sun, at noon - day. \nPsalms 37:7\n \npsa 37:7\nRest - Do not repine at his dealings, but quietly submit to his will, and wait for his help. \nPsalms 37:8\n \npsa 37:8\nFret 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. \nPsalms 37:9\n \npsa 37:9\nThe earth - This for the most part was literally fulfilled in that state of the church. \nPsalms 37:10\n \npsa 37:10\nNot be - He shall be dead and gone. Diligently - Industriously seeking him. His place - His place and estate, and glory. \nPsalms 37:11\n \npsa 37:11\nBut - 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. \nPsalms 37:13\n \npsa 37:13\nHis day - The day appointed by God for his punishment or destruction. \nPsalms 37:18\n \npsa 37:18\nKnoweth - 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. \nPsalms 37:20\n \npsa 37:20\nFat - Which in an instant melts before the fire. \nPsalms 37:23\n \npsa 37:23\nEstablished - So that he shall not fall into mischief. \nPsalms 37:24\n \npsa 37:24\nFall - Into trouble. \nPsalms 37:25\n \npsa 37:25\nForsaken - These temporal promises, were more express to the Jews in the times of the Old Testament, than to Christians. \nPsalms 37:26\n \npsa 37:26\nBlessed - Not only with spiritual, but with temporal blessings. \nPsalms 37:27\n \npsa 37:27\nDwell - Thou shalt dwell in the land, and afterwards in heaven. \nPsalms 37:30\n \npsa 37:30\nThe 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. \nPsalms 37:31\n \npsa 37:31\nHeart - His thoughts, meditations and affections are fixed upon it. Slide - Slide, or swerve, from the rule, from God's law. \nPsalms 37:35\n \npsa 37:35\nBay - tree - Which is continually green and flourishing even in winter. \nPsalms 37:36\n \npsa 37:36\nYet - He was gone in an instant. But - There was no monument or remainder of him left. \nPsalms 37:37\n \npsa 37:37\nPeace - Though he may meet with troubles in his way, yet all shall end well. \nPsalms 37:38\n \npsa 37:38\nTogether - All without exception.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Psalms: Psalms Chapter 37","type":"page"}