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Selected Verse: Psalms 37:22 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 37:22 |
King James |
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
cut off--opposed to "inherit the earth" (compare Lev 7:20-21). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For such as be blessed of him - They who are his true friends.
Shall inherit the earth - See Psa 37:9.
And they that be cursed of him - His enemies.
Shall be cut off - Psa 37:9. This verse suggests a thought of great importance, in advance of that which had been suggested before. It is that, after all, the difference in the ultimate condition of the two depends on the question whether they have, or have not, "the favor of the Lord." It is not on the mere fact of their own skill, but it is on the fact that the one has secured the divine favor, and that the other has not. It is not by mere human virtue, irrespective of God, that the result is determined; but it is that one is the friend of God, and the other not. This consideration will be found in the end to enter essentially into all the distinctions in the final condition of mankind. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Shall inherit the earth - ארץ arets the land, as before. See Psa 37:11.
Shall be cut off - A wicked Jew shall meet with the same fate as a wicked Babylonian; and a wicked Christian shall fare no better. |
20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.