Psalms 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Which in the morning looks green, pretty, and flourishing, and in the evening is cut down, and then fades away; see Psa…

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass - As the grass in the field is cut down by the mower; that is, however prosperous they may seem to be now, they are like the grass in the meadow which is…

The instructions here given are very plain; much need not be said for the exposition of them, but there is a great deal to be done for the reducing of them to practice, and there they will look…

The grassand the green herbare a common image for what is transient and perishable. See note on Psa 37:37; and cp. Psa 90:5 f.; Psa 103:15 f.; Isa 40:6 ff.

be cut down Or, fade. Cp. Job 14:2; Job…