10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
10 In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.
10 Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; you'll stare at his once famous place and - nothing!
10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
10 Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone.
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
36 but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.
36 But he passed away,
36 The next time I looked there was nothing - a punctured bladder, vapid and limp.
36 Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
36 But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!
(Read Psalm 37:34-40)
Duty is ours, and we must mind it; but events are God's, we must refer the disposal of them to him. What a striking picture is in verses 35,36, of many a prosperous enemy of God! But God remarkably blights the projects of the prosperous wicked, especially persecutors. None are perfect in themselves, but believers are so in Christ Jesus. If all the saint's days continue dark and cloudy, his dying day may prove comfortable, and his sun set bright; or, if it should set under a cloud, yet his future state will be everlasting peace. The salvation of the righteous will be the Lord's doing. He will help them to do their duties, to bear their burdens; help them to bear their troubles well, and get good by them, and, in due time, will deliver them out of their troubles. Let sinners then depart from evil, and do good; repent of and forsake sin, and trust in the mercy of God through Jesus Christ. Let them take his yoke upon them, and learn of him, that they may dwell for evermore in heaven. Let us mark the closing scenes of different characters, and always depend on God's mercy.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
16 But a storm snuffs them out just as quickly, leaving nothing to show they were here.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.
16 The wind blows, and we are gone- as though we had never been here.
(Read Psalm 103:15-18)
How short is man's life, and uncertain! The flower of the garden is commonly more choice, and will last the longer, for being sheltered by the garden-wall, and the gardener's care; but the flower of the field, to which life is here compared, is not only withering in itself, but exposed to the cold blasts, and liable to be cropt and trod on by the beasts of the field. Such is man. God considers this, and pities him; let him consider it himself. God's mercy is better than life, for it will outlive it. His righteousness, the truth of his promise, shall be unto children's children, who tread in the footsteps of their forefathers' piety. Then shall mercy be preserved to them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 37:10
Commentary on Psalm 37:7-20
(Read Psalm 37:7-20)
Let us be satisfied that God will make all to work for good to us. Let us not discompose ourselves at what we see in this world. A fretful, discontented spirit is open to many temptations. For, in all respects, the little which is allotted to the righteous, is more comfortable and more profitable than the ill-gotten and abused riches of ungodly men. It comes from a hand of special love. God provides plentifully and well, not only for his working servants, but for his waiting servants. They have that which is better than wealth, peace of mind, peace with God, and then peace in God; that peace which the world cannot give, and which the world cannot have. God knows the believer's days. Not one day's work shall go unrewarded. Their time on earth is reckoned by days, which will soon be numbered; but heavenly happiness shall be for ever. This will be a real support to believers in evil times. Those that rest on the Rock of ages, have no reason to envy the wicked the support of their broken reeds.