Of course, there are suggestions in this of that "new heavens and a new earth" promised through the apostle Peter (2 Peter 3:13). To other men some good fellow-man, more or less consciously and completely enlarged into an ideal of humanity, answers the same purpose, and is in reality their God. It is true that prisons, hospitals, and workhouses might disgorge their occupants, poverty might leap into affluence, and diseases and devils be cast out of suffering humanity. "[17], On Psalms 37:37-40, McCaw pointed out that, "All transgressors are to be destroyed; there is no possible future for any wicked man. 23:17 24:1,19 Van David. This limitation is necessary to be understood, both from divers places of Scripture, and from the nature of the things; for it is unreasonable to imagine that God would engage himself to grant their sinful and inordinate desires, and it would also be a curse to them to have them granted. 4. Er zijn kleine onregelmatigheden, maar de alfabetische reeks is compleet. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. It reads, "The enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures." "Jehovah helpeth ... rescueth ... saveth ... because they have taken refuge in him" (Psalms 37:39,40). 4. The slave might snap his fetters, and many an oppressed sufferer might rush forth to freedom and to life; but amid the widespread despair excited by the greatest curse that had ever fallen on humanity, the prayer would ascend, “O God, take back our liberty; bind us once more by Thy laws; Thou, and Thou alone, knowest what is best for us. "`His day,' here is the judgment day. Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. The presence of the king awes the crowd into silence. Also, Dr. DeHoff wrote; "I have traveled in many lands, and my own observation matches that of David."[14]. Pour Thee the bitter, pray Thee for the sweet. (2) But that is not all. I observe that they shrunk from the contemplation of no side or phase of God’s character, that His holiness and His mercy were equally dear to them, and that, so far from viewing them as separate, they could not admire one without the other. Ver. G. Litting, Thirty Children's Sermons, p. 174. Sins. That marvelous aria from Mendelssohn's Elijah, gives Psalms 37:7 here, along with Psalms 37:1, as the scriptural basis of the words of the aria, which are as follows: And He shall give thee thy heart's desires. ], “Not as I will”: the sound grows sweet, More safe than light when this thought steals, “Not as we will.”1 [Note: Helen H. Jackson, Verses. Flow on my soul, Thou Spirit, and renew me. Notice what the text says: "Delight thyself in the Lord;" that is, in everything the Lord loves and commands. Choose a verse from 'Psalms 38' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org We do not become sure of God by mustering up the arguments for His being and His purpose in the world. To this injunction a promise is added, that, if we are satisfied in the enjoyment of God alone, he will liberally bestow upon us all that we shall desire: He will give thee the desires of thy heart. Bodily pains call for sympathy, but the sufferings of the heart are hidden; none know of them; none may know of them; they are a concealed, consuming fire, unsuspected by all around. This is God's promise to the effect that human judgments against the righteous are of no account. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow. Psalm 37:4 - NBV. That means not to become irritated, angry, disturbed, or upset by what must appear to many as an injustice. 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