Mazmur 37:1

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Dari Daud. Jangan marah karena orang yang berbuat jahat, jangan iri hati kepada orang yang berbuat curang;

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dari Daud. Jangan marah karena orang yang berbuat jahat, jangan iri hati kepada orang yang berbuat curang;

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Mazmur Daud.

Contextual Overview

¹ Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers. ² For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe. ³ Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth. ⁴ Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire. ⁵ Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe. ⁶ He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light: and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

- Title

This is the third alphabetical Psalm. It seems to have been intended as an instructive and consoling ode for the captives in Babylon, who might feel themselves severely tempted when they saw those idolaters in prosperity, and themselves in adversity.

Fret: Psalms 37:7, 1 Samuel 1:6-8, Proverbs 19:3, Proverbs 24:1, Proverbs 24:19

neither: Psalms 73:3, Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs 23:17, Galatians 5:21, James 4:5, James 4:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 26:3 - Sojourn 1 Chronicles 16:4 - to record Job 12:6 - tabernacles Psalms 49:16 - Be not Psa_73:21 - my heart Psalms 92:7 - wicked Jeremiah 12:1 - Wherefore doth 1 Peter 2:1 - envies

Cross-References

Genesis 17:8
And I wyll geue vnto thee and to thy seede after thee, the lande wherein thou art a strauger [euen] al the lande of Chanaan, for an euerlastyng possession, and wyll be their God.

Genesis 23:4
I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you: geue me a possession to bury in with you, that I may bury my corse out of my sight.

Genesis 28:4
And geue the blessing of Abraham vnto thee, and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest receaue to inherite ye lande wherein thou art a straunger, whiche God gaue vnto Abraham.

Genesis 36:7
For theyr ryches was much, and they coulde not dwell together: and the land wherein they were straungers coulde not receaue them, because of theyr possessions.

Genesis 37:9
And he dreamed yet another dreame, and tolde it his brethren, saying: behold I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the sunne, and the moone, & xj. starres made obeysaunce to me.

Genesis 37:16
He aunswered: I seke my brethren, tell me I praye thee where they kepe [cattell]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fret not thyself because of evildoers,.... The saints may be grieved at them and for them, because of their evil doings, and may be angry with them for them; yet are not to show any undue warmth, at least in an indecent way, by calling them opprobrious names; for the words may be rendered, "do not show thyself warm" or "angry" i: in a sinful way; or fret not at their outward prosperity, as it is explained

Psalms 37:7. The Targum adds, "to be like them", which agrees with

Psalms 37:8;

neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity; that is, at their present temporal happiness; see Psalms 73:3. The Targum adds, as before, to be joined with them; which sense some parallel places seem to incline to, Proverbs 3:31.

i תתחר "ne accendaris ira", Junius Tremellius "ne exardescas", Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fret not thyself - The Hebrew word here means properly to burn, to be kindled, to be inflamed, and is often applied to anger, as if under its influence we become “heated:” Genesis 31:36; Gen 34:7; 1 Samuel 15:11; 2 Samuel 19:43. Hence, it means to fret oneself, to be angry, or indignant. Compare Proverbs 24:19. We should perhaps express the same idea by the word “worrying” or “chafing.” The state of mind is that where we are worried, or envious, because others are prosperous and successful, and we are not. The idea is, therefore, closely allied with that in the other part of the verse, “neither be thou “envious.””

Because of evil-doers - Wicked men:

(a) at the fact that there are wicked men, or that God suffers them to live;

(b) at their numbers;

(c) at their success and prosperity.

Neither be thou envious - Envy is pain, mortification, discontent, at the superior excellence or prosperity of others, accompanied often with some degree of malignant feeling, and with a disposition to detract from their merit. It is the result of a comparison of ourselves with others who are more highly gifted or favored, or who are more successful than we are ourselves. The feeling referred to here is that which springs up in the mind when we see persons of corrupt or wicked character prospered, while we, endeavoring to do right, are left to poverty, to disappointment, and to tears.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM XXXVII

Godly directions for those who are in adversity not to envy the

prosperity of the wicked, because it is superficial, and of

short duration, 1-22;

to put their confidence in God, and live to his glory, as this

is the sure way to be happy in this life, and in that which is

to come, 23-40.

NOTES ON PSALM XXXVII

In the title this Psalm is attributed to David by the Hebrew, and by most of the Versions: but it is more likely it was intended as an instructive and consoling ode for the captives in Babylon, who might feel themselves severely tempted when they saw those idolaters in prosperity; and themselves, who worshipped the true God, in affliction and slavery. They are comforted with the prospect of speedy deliverance; and their return to their own land is predicted in not less than ten different places in this Psalm.

This Psalm is one of the acrostic or alphabetical kind: but it differs from those we have already seen, in having two verses under each letter; the first only exhibiting the alphabetical letter consecutively. There are a few anomalies in the Psalm. The hemistich, which should begin with the letter ע ain, has now a ל lamed prefixed to the word with which it begins, לעולם leolam; and the hemistich which should begin with ת tau (Psalms 37:39) has now a ו vau prefixed, ותשועת utheshuath. It appears also that the letters ד daleth, כ caph, and ק koph, have each lost a hemistich; and ע ain, half a one. The manner in which this Psalm is printed in Dr. Kennicott's Hebrew Bible gives a full view of all these particulars. To the English reader some slighter differences may appear; but it should be observed, that the verses in our English Bibles are not always divided as those in the Hebrew. In all the Psalms that have a title, the title forms the first verse in the Hebrew; but our translation does not acknowledge any of those titles as a part of the Psalm, and very properly leaves them out of the enumeration of the verses.

Verse Psalms 37:1. Fret not thyself because of evil doers — It is as foolish as it is wicked to repine or be envious at the prosperity of others. Whether they are godly or ungodly, it is God who is the dispenser of the bounty they enjoy; and, most assuredly, he has a right to do what he will with his own. To be envious in such a case, is to arraign the providence of God. And it is no small condescension in the Almighty to reason with such persons as he does in this Psalm.