Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comKeil and Delitzsch Commentary - Psalms 37:16 - 37:16
(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)
This Chapter Verse Commentaries:
With Psa 37:16 accord Pro 15:16; Pro 16:8, cf. Tobit 12:8. The ל of לַצַּדִּיק is a periphrastic indication of the genitive (Ges. §115). הָמֹון is a noisy multitude, here used of earthly possessions. רַבִּים is not per attract. (cf. Psa 38:11, הֵם for הוּא) equivalent to רָב, but the one righteous man is contrasted with many unrighteous. The arms are here named instead of the bow in Psa 37:15. He whose arms are broken can neither injure others nor help himself. Whereas Jahve does for the righteous what earthly wealth and human power cannot do: He Himself upholds them.