Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 37:33
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
33. will not leave him ] Lit. will not forsake him, as in Psa 37:28, and leave him in the hand, i.e. power, of the wicked.
nor condemn him &c.] Will not suffer him to be unjustly condemned. The explanation, that though men may condemn him unjustly, God the supreme judge will acquit him, does not satisfy the context. The Psalmist looks for a temporal deliverance.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The Lord will not leave him in his hand – Compare 2Pe 2:9. That is, He will rescue him out of the hand of the wicked; he will not leave him, so that the wicked shall accomplish his purpose. The psalmist here undoubtedly means to refer mainly to what will occur in the present life – to the fact that God will interpose to deliver the righteous from the evil designs of the wicked, as he interposes to save his people from famine and want. The meaning is not that this will universally occur, for that would not be true; but that this is the general course of things; this is the tendency and bearing of the divine interpositions and the divine arrangements. Those interpositions and arrangements are, on the whole, favorable to virtue, and favorable to those who love and serve God; so much so that it is an advantage even in the present life to serve God. But this will be absolutely and universally true in the future world. The righteous will be wholly and forever placed beyond the reach of the wicked.
Nor condemn him when he is judged – literally, He will not regard or hold him to be guilty when he is judged. He will regard and treat him as a righteous man. This may refer either
(a) to a case where a judgment is pronounced on a good man by his fellow-men, by which he is condemned or adjudged to be guilty – meaning that God will not so regard and treat him; or
(b) to the final judgment, when the cause comes before God – meaning that then he will regard and treat him as righteous.
Both of these are true; but it seems probable that the former is particularly referred to here. DeWette understands it in the latter sense; Rosenmuller in the former. Rosenmuller remarks that the idea is, that the wicked, when he is not permitted to assail the righteous by violence, makes his appeal to the courts, and seeks to secure his condemnation there, but that God will not permit this. As he has saved him from violence, so he will interpose and save him from an unrighteous condemnation in the courts. This seems to me to be the true idea. Of course, this is to be understood only in a general sense, or as marking the general course of things under the divine administration. On this subject, compare Dr. Taylors Lectures on Moral Government; vol. i., pp. 252-262. See also Butlers Analogy, passim.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Not leave him in his hand, i.e. not give him up to his power and rage.
Nor condemn him, i.e. nor give his consent to the sentence of condemnation, which the wicked have pronounced against him, but will justify him, and vindicate his innocency and deliver him; for such negatives do oft imply the contrary affirmatives; as Gods not holding a man guiltless commonly implies that he will severely punish him.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
The Lord will not leave him in his hand,…. Or power; but will in his own time deliver him from all the reproach, affliction, and persecution endures by him; as he will also deliver him out of all the temptations of Satan;
nor condemn him when he is judged; by the wicked man: he will not join in the sentence, but reverse it, and condemn the tongue that rises up in judgment against him, and save him from him; see Ps 109:31; nor will the Lord condemn him when he is judged by him at the hast judgment; but will acquit him before men and angels, and introduce him into his kingdom and glory.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Psa 37:33. Nor condemn him when he is judged Nor shall he [the wicked] condemn him when he is judged. It seems more to the purpose to say, that God would not suffer the wicked man to condemn the righteous or find him guilty, (for that, probably, is the way in which he proposed to murder him,) than that he would not do it himself. Mudge.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Ver. 33. The Lord will not leave him in his hand ] For he knoweth how to deliver his, 2Pe 3:9 , as that apostle could say by good experience, Act 13:50 , when he was inter saxum et sacrum, as they say.
Nor condemn him, when he is judged
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
will not: Psa 31:7, Psa 31:8, Psa 124:6, Psa 124:7, 1Sa 23:26-28, 2Ti 4:17, 2Pe 2:9
condemn: Psa 109:31, Rom 8:1, Rom 8:33, Rom 8:34
Reciprocal: 1Sa 18:11 – And David 1Sa 23:14 – but God 2Ki 6:13 – spy where 2Ch 12:5 – left you Psa 17:2 – Let my Psa 41:2 – thou wilt not Psa 59:3 – they Psa 71:10 – lay wait for Psa 116:15 – Precious Psa 119:121 – leave me Psa 140:4 – Keep me Jer 11:19 – and I Jer 18:23 – thou Dan 6:4 – sought Dan 6:11 – assembled Hab 1:13 – the wicked Luk 4:29 – that Luk 6:7 – watched Luk 11:54 – seeking Luk 20:20 – they watched Act 5:33 – took Act 9:24 – And they Act 12:7 – the angel Act 12:19 – sought for him Act 23:15 – that he Act 25:3 – laying Act 26:17 – Delivering 2Co 4:8 – not in despair
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is {u} judged.
(u) For though it is sometimes so expedient both for God’s glory and their salvation, yet he will approve their cause and avenge their wrong.