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 <199005>Psalm 90:5,6); and so the wicked prosper and flourish for a while, and then they perish with all their honour, riches, and wealth; so that their happiness is a very short lived one, and therefore need not be envied and fretted at.”

“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 so green and luxuriant, but which is soon to fall under the scythe of the mower. Their prosperity is only temporary, for they will soon pass away. The idea in the word rendered “soon” - מהרה mehêrâh - is that of “haste” or “speed:” Psalms 147:15; Numbers 16:46; Deuteronomy 11:17. The thought is not that it will be done immediately, but that “when” it occurs it will be a quick and rapid operation - as the grass falls rapidly before the mower. And wither as the green herb - When it is cut down.…”

“37:2 Finite existence is part of the human condition (see 90:5-6; 92:7; 102:4, 11; 103:15; 129:6; Isa 40:7-8).”

“Psa 37:35, Psa 37:36, Psa 73:17-20, Psa 90:5, Psa 90:6, Psa 92:7, Psa 129:5-7; Job 20:5-9; Jam 1:10, Jam 1:11; Pe1 1:24 Psalms 37:3”