Psalms 37:28 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 37:28

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

BSB

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ASV

For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms (397)

For the Lord loves justice, and will not forsake his saints: they will be preserved forever. But the wicked will be punished, and the seed of the wicked will perish. The righteous will inherit the land, and dwell forever upon it. Do not think that your sins go unnoticed by God; for many fall in this way. He himself sees and condemns all things, and exterminates the seed of the wicked; indeed, the seed is not of physical generation, but of internal mind and succession of impiety (Job 1:1).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Those shall not be tossed that make God their rest and are at home in him. But on this earth there is no dwelling for ever, no continuing city; it is in heaven only, that city which has foundations, that the righteous shall dwell for ever; that will be their everlasting habitation.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

Here we have the seventh precept, which takes a negative and positive form, and is the quintessence of the entire Psalm

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

For the Lord loveth judgment. The awarding of honour to whom honour is due is God's delight, especially when the upright man has been traduced by his fellow men. It must be a divine pleasure to right wrongs, and to defeat the machinations of the unjust. The great Arbiter of human destinies is sure to deal out righteous measure both to rich and poor, to good and evil, for such judgment is his delight. And forsaketh not his saints. This would not be right, and, therefore, shall never be done.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
יְהוָ֨ה׀	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֹ֘הֵ֤ב	'o.Hev	[is] loving	H157 →
מִשְׁפָּ֗ט	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יַעֲזֹ֣ב	ya.'a.Zo	he will abandon	H5800 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חֲ֭סִידָיו	Cha.si.dav	faithful [people] his	H2623 →
לְעוֹלָ֣ם	le.'o.Lam	for ever	H5769 →
נִשְׁמָ֑רוּ	nish.Ma.ru	they are preserved	H8104 →
וְזֶ֖רַע	ve.Ze.ra'	and [the] offspring of	H2233 →
רְשָׁעִ֣ים	re.sha.'Im	wicked [people]	H7563 →
נִכְרָֽת׃	nikh.Rat	it is cut off	H3772 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 59:21
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your…
leads to
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Hebrews 10:16
  “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
- Ezekiel 36:25–27
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Jeremiah 32:38–41
  They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Hebrews 8:6–13
  Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
Through
1 Peter 1:5
who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
leads to
- Philippians 1:6
  being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Ephesians 2:8
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Through
Psalms 11:7
For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
leads to
- Revelation 22:4
  They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms