Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
For the Lord loveth judgment – That is, God loves that which is right; he loves to do right. The idea is, that such a recompense as is here adverted to – that on the one hand, in rewarding with prosperity a pure and upright life – and that, on the other, in cutting off the wicked – is right and proper in itself; and that as God loves to do right, these consequences respectively may be expected to follow in regard to the righteous and the wicked. Compare Psa 11:7.
And forsaketh not his saints – He manifests his sense of that which is right, by not forsaking His saints.
They are preserved forever – They are ever under his paternal eye, and he will keep them. It will be literally true that they will be preserved forever, that they will never be suffered to perish.
But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off – See the notes at Psa 21:10. Compare Psa 37:22.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 37:28
The Lord forsaketh not His saints: they are preserved for ever.
Secure property
A religion of contingencies and uncertainties deserve not the name of Christianity, and it is perfectly a misnomer to call it Christianity.
I. The property of jehovah is his saints. Not the angels, the heavens, or the earth, but His saints. I mean real, not hypocritical saints. Let me describe them a little.
1. They were once vile and full of sin: but they are transformed and they know it. They are created anew in Christ.
2. Moreover, they are consecrated, or they could not be saints, and God claims such as His own.
3. They have been eternally set apart as such: and for God Himself, as His sons, His servants, and His especial treasure. You must be a son before you can be a servant of God.
4. And they are manifestly Gods saints both in creed and in conduct.
II. The Lords unchanging love for them. He forsaketh not His saints.
III. The triumphs of his grace in them. They are preserved for ever. (Joseph Irons.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 28. Forsaketh not his saints] eth chasidaiv, his merciful or compassionate ones; those who, through love to him and all mankind, are ever ready to give of their substance to the poor.
But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.] The children who follow the wicked steps of wicked parents shall, like their parents, be cut off. God’s judgments descend to posterity, as well as his mercies.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Judgment, i.e. just judgment, or righteousness, as that word is oft taken, as hath been showed again and again; either,
1. In himself, i.e. he loveth to execute judgment upon the wicked, and for the righteous; which he doth in the manner expressed in this Psalm. Or,
2. In the righteous themselves, whose justice, and piety, and charity he sees and loves, and will reward it.
His saints; or, his favourites; or, they to whom he hath a good will; or, his bountiful ones, who exercise benignity and charity to others.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
For the Lord loveth judgment,…. Righteousness, or righteous actions, when done according to his will, from love, in faith, and to his glory; see Ps 11:7; or to minister judgment to the people, and to render to every man according to his works;
and forsaketh not his saints; his Holy Ones, who are called with an holy calling, are created in righteousness and true holiness, and have principles of grace and holiness wrought in them; or whom he prosecutes with his favour and goodness, with his everlasting love and mercy, with spiritual blessings, with the blessings of justification, pardon, adoption, and a right to eternal life: these he never forsakes, not their persons, neither in life nor at death, nor at judgment; nor does he ever forsake the work of his own hands in them; but performs it until the day of Christ: nor will he ever so forsake them, as that they shall perish through the strength of sin, the temptations of Satan, or the snares of the world;
they are preserved for ever; from the dominion and damning power of sin, from being devoured by Satan, from a total and final falling away, and from being hurt of the second death: they are preserved in Christ, in whose hands they are; and by the power of God, safe to his kingdom and glory, into which they shall have an abundant entrance;
but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off; out of the earth, in the midst of their days, like withered branches; and be cast into everlasting burnings.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
28 For Jehovah loveth judgement. This, it ought to be observed, is a confirmation of the doctrine contained in the preceding sentence; and it is here made to rest upon a higher principle, namely, that God takes pleasure in righteousness and truth. The argument indeed appears to be incomplete; but as David takes for granted — what ought to be deeply fixed in the hearts of all the faithful — that the world is directed by the providence of God, his conclusion is admirable. In the first place, then, it must be admitted that the condition of the human race is not under the direction of chance, but of the providence of God, and that the world is conducted and governed by his counsel: so that he regulates according to his pleasure the issue of all things, and controls them by his power; and, secondly, to this it must be added what David here states, that righteousness and truth are pleasing to God. Hence it follows, that all who lead an upright and blameless life among men shall be happy, because, enjoying the favor of God, every thing at length must in regard to them have a happy and successful result. But let us bear in mind, that the promise which is spoken of in this verse is to be understood in this sense, that while God has undertaken the preservation of the godly, it is not to cherish them continually in retirement and ease, but after he has for a time exercised them under the cross, at length to come to their help: for the language here employed, Jehovah forsaketh not his meek ones, is tacitly very emphatic. Those, therefore, who separate the exercise of patience from the favor which God bestows upon the godly in this life, misinterpret this psalm. On the contrary, lest any one should hastily and rashly pronounce judgment, the prophet entreats the faithful to suspend their judgment, until God manifest his displeasure after the death of the wicked, in inflicting punishment upon their posterity: The seed of the wicked shall be cut off This is of the same import as if he had again asserted, that although the judgements of God are not immediately executed upon the wicked and ungodly, yet they are not on that account anything the better of it, since the punishment justly due to them will extend to their children. If then the curse of God is not forthwith inflicted upon them, it need not surprise us if he delay for a time to manifest the favor which he bears towards the faithful.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(28) For the Lord.In the Hebrew the stanza that should begin with the letter ayin is wanting, but may be restored by a very slight change, to agree with the Codex Alex., of the LXX., the Vulg. and Symmachus. The unjust shall be punished.
Probably the transcriber was misled by the tsadd of the next verse, since that letter and ayin were often interchanged. (See Note, Psa. 34:14.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ver. 28. For the Lord loveth judgment ] See Psa 11:7 .
But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
saints = favoured, or gracious ones.
They, &c. The letter Ayin is hidden behind the Preposition Lamed, in the first word “for ever” (Hebrew. le’olam,). Dr. John Lightfoot says it is cut off like the “seed” of the “wicked” in same clause, both these words ending with Ayin . He sees in this the seed of Joram being cut off (i.e. Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah. Mat 1:8). Compare with 1Ch 3:11, 1Ch 3:12.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
loveth: Psa 11:7, Psa 45:6, Psa 45:7, Psa 99:4, Isa 30:18, Isa 61:8, Jer 9:24
forsaketh: Psa 37:25, Psa 37:40, Psa 92:13-15, Isa 59:21, Jer 32:40, Jer 32:41, Joh 5:24, Joh 6:39, Joh 6:40, Joh 10:28-30, Joh 15:9, 1Jo 2:19, 1Pe 1:5, Jud 1:1
but: Psa 21:10, Exo 20:5, Job 18:19, Job 27:14, Pro 2:22, Isa 14:20, Isa 14:21
Reciprocal: Gen 31:7 – God 1Sa 2:9 – his saints 2Ki 21:14 – And I will Job 29:2 – God Psa 12:7 – thou shalt Psa 16:1 – Preserve Psa 22:1 – why hast Psa 37:22 – cut off Psa 71:11 – God Psa 86:2 – Preserve Psa 94:14 – For Psa 97:10 – preserveth Psa 109:13 – Let his Psa 145:20 – preserveth Pro 2:8 – and Pro 10:30 – never Jer 49:10 – his seed Rom 14:4 – he shall 1Co 1:8 – confirm 2Co 4:9 – but 2Ti 2:19 – The Lord 2Ti 4:18 – and will Heb 1:9 – loved Heb 13:5 – I will