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Psalms 37:12

Psalms 37:12
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The Lord shall laugh at him,.... Have him and his plots in derision, confound his schemes, and disappoint him of his designs, bring him into calamity, and laugh at it; see Psa 2:4;

for he seeth that…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The wicked plotteth against the just - Margin, “practiceth.” The Hebrew word means to plot; to lie in wait; to plan; to purpose; to devise. See Psa 31:13. The meaning is, that wicked people lay their…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 37:7-20

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Psalms 37:12-20

Disappointment and destruction are the destiny of the wicked.