38<\/strong>. But transgressors are destroyed together:<\/p>\n The posterity of the wicked is cut off.<\/p>\n Cp. Psa 37:28<\/em><\/span>; Psa 109:13<\/span>; Job 18:13-21<\/span>. To the Israelite, with his strong sense of the continuity of life in the family, childlessness or the loss of posterity was a virtual annihilation. In the light of N.T. revelation the contrast between the ‘after’ of the righteous and the wicked is still more solemn and significant.<\/p>\n But the transgressors – <\/B>Sinners; violators of the law of God.<\/P> Shall be destroyed together – <\/B>The word together here – <\/span> yach<\/I>e<\/I><\/SUP>dah<\/I> – means properly a union of them; then, together – either:<\/P> (a) in one place, Gen 13:6<\/span> – or<\/P> (b) at one time, Psa 4:8<\/span>; or<\/P> (c) all as one, Psa 14:3<\/span> – or<\/P> (d) mutually with one another, as when men strive together, Deu 25:11<\/span>.<\/P> The idea here is, that one would be destroyed as well as another; that there would be no exception; that they would go to the same ruin. They might be destroyed at different times, or in different modes, but it would be the same destruction in the end.<\/P> The end of the wicked – <\/B>The future of the wicked. The same word is used here which occurs in Psa 37:37<\/span>, as applied to the righteous. The meaning is, that while the future of the one would be peace, the future of the other would be a cutting off, or destruction.<\/P> Shall be cut off – <\/B>That is, they shall be cut off; or, there will be a cutting off. This means here, evidently:<\/P> (a) that as an ordinary fact they would be cut down before they had reached the full limit of their course, Psa 37:35-36<\/span>;<\/P> (b) in the future world they would be cut off from hope and happiness forever.<\/P><\/p>\n Psa 37:38<\/span><\/p>\n The end of the wicked shall be cut off.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n The end of the wicked<\/strong><\/p>\n The condition of the sinner is an awful one notwithstanding things may seem lovely and fair to him now. He resembles the man who lives in a magnificent mansion on the brow of a volcano, the situation is beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, the sky is beautiful, the air is beautiful, but there are fires that work beneath. These will one day rive the mountain, blacken the sky, and engulf the mansion and its proprietor. (R. Venting.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Together; <\/B>or, alike<\/I>, one as well as another; all, without any exception or respect of persons. <\/P> The end of the wicked shall be cut off, <\/B>i. e. he shall be cut off at last, or in the end. His prosperity shall end in destruction. Or, the posterity<\/I> (as this word signifies, Psa 109:13<\/span>; Jer 31:17<\/span>; Eze 23:25<\/span>; Dan 11:4<\/span>) of the wicked<\/I>, &c. <\/P> <\/p>\n 38. together<\/B>at once; entirely(Ps 4:8<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n But the transgressors shall be destroyed together<\/strong>,…. This is to be understood of obstinate and continued transgressors, who live and die in their transgressions; see Pr 11:3<\/span>; otherwise all men are transgressors in Adam, and sinned and fell with him in his transgression; and are justly called transgressors from the womb; and are guilty of actual transgressions, nor are any clear from them; and are arraigned, convinced, and judged by the law as transgressors; and for many of these Christ died, and makes intercession; and who are converted, and turned from their transgressions; and these are pardoned, and saved, and not destroyed: but stubborn and perverse transgressors are destroyed; not only with a temporal destruction of their substance, and of their names, and they themselves are rooted out of the earth; but with an everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and the glory of his power; for this seems to refer to the day of judgment, when all the wicked will be “together”; and shall in a body stand at Christ’s left hand, and be bid to go, “ye cursed into everlasting fire”, Mt 25:41<\/span>, and shall be turned into hell at once, and together;<\/p>\n the end of the wicked shall be cut off<\/strong>; meaning either their posterity, as the word is rendered in Ps 109:13<\/span>; or their hope and expectation of good things here and hereafter; when the righteous man receives the end of his faith, hope, and expectation, even the salvation of his soul; but these shall be disappointed and frustrated of their end; see<\/p>\n Pr 23:18<\/span>; or their last end is cutting off from the presence and sight of God, utter ruin and destruction; and so it stands opposed to the end of the perfect and upright man, which is eternal peace and happiness.<\/p>\n 38<\/strong>. <\/strong> But <\/strong> The sharp disjunctive sense of vauv, <\/em> ( , but,<\/em>) which the antithesis requires, brings out the latter end of the wicked in contrast with that of the righteous. <\/p>\n The end of the wicked shall be cut off <\/strong> “Cut off” from God, and from the object of their hopes and aims. No words could better define complete separation from the lot of the righteous as given Psa 37:37<\/span>. The contrast is complete.<\/p>\n Psa 37:38<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Shall be destroyed together<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Or, at once: <\/em>“They shall all at once be totally destroyed.” See Psa 49:10<\/span> in the Hebrew. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>1st, The way of duty is made very plain, and therefore we are more inexcusable, if we depart from it. <\/p>\n 1. The Psalmist cautions us against envy and fretful-ness because of the prosperity of the wicked. It had been a trial which himself had been beset with, and therefore he speaks from experience, which is the most effectual way of preaching. 1. A variety of arguments for our quiet submission are here produced from the misery of sinners. [1.] Their destruction is near, even at the door. Their career is short; the longest life is but a step, and they are often surprised in the midst, and their soul required of them. Each moment is uncertain, each breath precarious, and then all their hopes perish, vanishing as the smoke from the altar. [2.] Their own devices shall fall upon them. Though crafty, cruel, and, in their own apprehension, confident of success, God mocks at their impotent designs, and turns the destruction which they had prepared for the defenceless poor upon their own heads. Their day is coming, a terrible day, when the wicked must tremble, and the righteous rejoice. [3.] When God arises to judgment, they shall perish for ever; his wrath, as the fire of the altar, shall burn, and none shall quench it: the wicked, as fuel for the flames, shall be consumed, or rather consuming yet unconsumed, in these everlasting burnings. Psa 37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.<\/p>\n Ver. 38. But the transgressors, &c.<\/strong> ] Here the end is worse than the beginning. Sin ever ends tragically. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The end of the wicked shall be cut off<\/strong> ] Their end is not death, but destruction; they are killed with death, Rev 2:23<\/span> , life and hope end together.<\/p>\n transgressors. Hebrew. pasha’. App-44. <\/p>\n Psa 1:4-6, Psa 9:17, Psa 52:5, Pro 14:32, Mat 13:30, Mat 13:49, Mat 13:50, Mat 25:46, 2Th 1:8, 2Th 1:9 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Psa 73:17 – then Psa 92:7 – wicked Psa 104:35 – sinners Pro 2:22 – the wicked Isa 1:28 – the destruction Rom 6:22 – and the end<\/p>\n But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 38. But transgressors are destroyed together: The posterity of the wicked is cut off. Cp. Psa 37:28; Psa 109:13; Job 18:13-21. 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Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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2. He gives a strong argument to silence our impatience. The prosperity of the sinner is short and precarious, as the withering grass. Mark his end, and thou shalt not envy his way.
3. He prescribes the good that we should follow, as well as the evil that we should avoid; and, enjoying the better portion in God’s favour, we should have no reason to envy any worldling his possessions.
2nd, Abundant reasons are here urged, why we should patiently wait upon the Lord, <\/em>and without anger, envy, or discontent, behold the prosperous sinner, and bear up under every cross that we may be called to suffer from him. <\/p>\n
2. The unspeakably happier lot of the righteous, with all their troubles, should repress every murmur of discontent because of the apparent prosperity of the ungodly. [1.] They shall inherit the earth. <\/em>The patient waiting of the faithful shall not be disappointed; the present world shall afford them a sufficiency; and in the new earth, where dwelleth righteousness, they shall have a sure possession. [2.] They shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. <\/em>Whatever portion, be it less or more, they have below, one thing they enjoy better than the wealth of both the Indies, peace with God, and, as the effect of that, peace of conscience; a delightful peace, which makes even sufferings light, and adds a double relish to every enjoyment: a peace, to which the wicked are strangers; a peace which the world cannot give; and, blessed be God, cannot take away; and abundance of peace, not only while the sun and moon endure, or till life shall terminate, but permanent as the ages of eternity. [3.] A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches<\/em> of many wicked. <\/em>Of this world God’s enemies have far the greater share; but without his blessings the sweetest draughts are bitter, and the worm of discontent at the root of their gourd makes it wither, when to appearance most flourishing. But the righteous man’s little comes from the gift of God, is enjoyed in his love, and improved to his glory. He has the great seasoning of contentment in whatsoever state he is, and, sensible how unworthy he is of the least, every thing that he uses fills him with thankfulness. A <\/em>dry crust, with a sweet savour of Christ, furnishes a more delicious meal, than the tables of luxury ever afforded. [4.] The Lord<\/em> upholdeth the righteous, <\/em>so that in all trials and difficulties he is supported within; and, as the everlasting arms are underneath him, he is safe from fear of evil. [5.] The Lord knoweth the days of the upright. <\/em>He takes notice of his daily service, faithful to reward him; of his trials, to support him; of his sorrows, to comfort him; and gives him a sense of his love all the day long. [6.] Their inheritance shall be for ever. <\/em>The portion of the faithful, blessed as it is, shall not be circumscribed by the narrow bounds of time; but in heaven there is reserved for them an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, which fadeth not away. <\/em>[7.] They shall be never ashamed of their confidence. In general calamities they shall never be destitute; in the evil day of death their faith and joy shall not fail them; and in the day of judgment they shall have boldness to appear before the awful bar. Such present possessions, such eternal expectations, may well keep down every rising discontent. Why should we envy the ungodly their short-lived, embittered, unsatisfying, perishing enjoyments, when we have such a sufficient, satisfying, abiding portion here, and such a near prospect of a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory hereafter?<\/em> <\/p>\nFuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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