Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 37:6
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
6. And he shall make thy righteousness go forth as the light,
And thy judgement as the brightness of the noonday.
The result of that divine working. The justice of thy cause has been hidden, but it shall shine forth like the sun rising out of the darkness of night; thy right has been obscured, but it shall be clear as the full light of the noonday. Cp. Job 11:17; Pro 4:18; Isa 58:10; Mat 13:43.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light – That is, if you are slandered; if your character is assailed, and seems for the thee to be under a cloud; if reproach comes upon you from the devices of wicked people in such a way that you cannot meet it – then, if you will commit the case to God, he will protect your character, and will cause the clouds to disperse, and all to be as clear in reference to your character and the motives of your conduct as the sun without a cloud. There are numerous cases in which a man cannot meet the assaults made on his reputation, in which he cannot trace to its source a slanderous accusation, in which he cannot immediately explain the circumstances which may have served to give the slanderous report an appearance of probability, but in which he may be perfectly conscious of innocence; and, in such cases, the only resource is to commit the whole matter to God. And there is nothing that may be more safely left with him; nothing that God will more certainly protect than the injured reputation of a good man. Under his administration things will ultimately work themselves right, and a man will have all the reputation which he deserves to have. But he who spends his life in the mere work of defending himself, will soon have a reputation that is not much worth defending. The true way for a man is to do his duty – to do right always – and then commit the whole to God.
And thy judgment – Thy just sentence. That is, God will cause justice to be done to your character.
As the noon-day – The original word here is in the dual form, and means properly double-light; that is, the strongest, brightest light. It means noon, because the light is then most clear and bright. The idea is, that he will make your character perfectly clear and bright. No cloud will remain on it.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 6. Thy righteousness as the light] As God said in the beginning, “Let there be light, and there was light;” so he shall say, Let thy innocence appear, and it will appear as suddenly and as evident as the light was at the beginning.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
He shall bring forth thy righteousness to the view of the world; from which it hath hitherto seemed to be hid or eclipsed by reproaches, and by grievous calamities, which most men are apt to mistake for tokens and punishments of great wickedness.
As the light; it shall be as visible to men as the light of the sun, and that at noon-day, as it is in the next branch. So effectually will he plead thy cause.
Judgment; the same thing with righteousness, as this word is used here below, Psa 37:28; 99:4, and oft elsewhere.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,…. That is, the good man having committed his cause to him that judgeth righteously, he will, in his own time, clearly make it appear that it is a righteous one, both to himself and others, in whatsoever obscurity it may have lain;
and thy judgment as the noonday; the same as before, unless rather the righteousness of Christ, which is the believer’s by imputation, and is a justifying one in the judgment of God, should be meant; see Mic 7:9; and the phrases may denote not barely the revelation of it in the Gospel, but the more clear manifestation of it to the believer himself, from faith to faith; or as it will be still more clearly revealed and declared at the day of judgment, when those who are clothed with it shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father, and be clear of all those charges and imputations which they have lain under in this life.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
6. And he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light This David says, in order to anticipate the misgivings which often trouble us when we seem to lose our labor in faithfully serving God, and in dealing uprightly with our neighbors; nay, when our integrity is either exposed to the calumnies of the wicked, or is the occasion of injury to us from men; for then it is thought to be of no account in the sight of God. David, therefore, declares, that God will not suffer our righteousness to be always hid in darkness, but that he will maintain it and bring it forth to the light; namely, when he will bestow upon us such a reward as we desire. He alludes to the darkness of the night, which is soon dispelled by the dawning of the day; as if he had said, We may be often grievously oppressed, and God may not seem to approve our innocence, yet this vicissitude should no more disturb our minds than the darkness of the night which covers the earth; for then the expectation of the light of day sustains our hope.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(6) The light.The image is from an Eastern dawn and the progress of the sun to its meridian glory. (Comp. Job. 11:17; Isa. 58:10.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 37:6. Bring forth thy righteousness as the light, &c. i.e. “Perfectly clear up and vindicate thy integrity; which may for a time be obscured by calumnies and slanders, as the sun is by mists and clouds.” Judgment, in the next clause, is only another word for righteousness or integrity.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Ver. 6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light ] God will so oil thy good name that infamy shall not stick to it. Dirt will stick upon a mud wall, not so upon marble. But say thou be aspersed and denigrated by calumnies and contumelies cast upon thee, and thou lie under them for a time, as the earth doth under the darkness of the night; yet as the morning suddenly arising driveth away that darkness, so shall God clear up thy wronged innocence; and as the moon wadeth out of a cloud, so shalt thou get over all thy troubles in this kind or any other; it shall be with thee as it was once with Cato, whom Seneca calleth the lively picture of virtues, who was thirty-two times accused in open court, and as many times cleared and absolved.
And thy judgments as the noonday
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
judgment = vindication. Some codices, with six early printed editions and Syriac, read plural, “vindications” = plural of majesty = thy complete vindication.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he shall: Psa 31:20, Isa 54:17, Mic 7:8, Mic 7:9, 1Co 4:5
light: Job 11:17, Mal 3:18, Mat 13:43
Reciprocal: Gen 30:33 – righteousness Num 5:31 – be guiltless Jos 22:22 – Israel Jdg 5:31 – the sun Rth 2:11 – all that 1Sa 12:4 – General 1Sa 24:17 – Thou art Job 35:14 – trust Psa 17:2 – Let my Psa 112:4 – there ariseth Psa 118:27 – showed Psa 119:22 – for I have Ecc 9:1 – that the Isa 58:8 – thy light Isa 58:10 – then Jer 51:10 – brought Hos 6:5 – and thy judgments are as Zep 3:5 – bring 1Ti 5:25 – cannot
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy {e} judgment as the noonday.
(e) As the hope of daylight causes us not to be offended with the darkness of the night so ought we patiently to trust that God will clear our cause and restore us to our right.