Psalms 37:11

The wicked plotteth against the just,.... Forms schemes to make him uneasy, uncomfortable, and unhappy:

and gnasheth upon him with his teeth: which expresses his malice and hatred, as David's…

But the meek shall inherit the earth - See the notes at Psa 37:3. On the meaning of the word here rendered “meek,” see the notes at Psa 9:12, where it is rendered “humble.” The word properly denotes…

In these verses we have,

I. The foregoing precepts inculcated; for we are so apt to disquiet ourselves with needless fruitless discontents and distrusts that it is necessary there should be precept…

The promise is reaffirmed in a larger sense in the beatitude of Mat 5:5, the language of which reproduces the rendering of the LXX here: οἱ δὲ πρᾳεῖς κληρονομήσουσιν γῆν.

in the abundance of peace Cp.…