Psalms 37:24

“Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, etc.] Or “delights” f1649; exceeding delightful to me. The whole of Scripture is so to a good man; he delights in the law of God, after the inward man; the Gospel is a joyful sound to him; the doctrines of peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation by Christ, are very pleasant; the promises of it give more joy than the finding of a great spoil; and the precepts and ordinances of it are not grievous, but ways of pleasantness and peace; [and] my counsellors; or, “the men of my counsel” f1650; though David took counsel with men about affairs of state; yet concerning spiritual ones, or what related to his soul, and the concerns of that, not they, but the…”

“Though he fall - That is, though he is sometimes disappointed; though he is not always successful; though he may be unfortunate - yet this will not be final ruin. The word here does not refer to his falling into “sin,” but into misfortune, disappointment, reverses, calamities. The image is that of a man who is walking along on a journey, but who stumbles, or fails to the earth - a representation of one who is not always successful, but who finds disappointment spring up in his path. He shall not be utterly cast down - The word used here - טול ṭûl - means to “throw down at full length, to prostrate;” then, “to cast out, to throw away.” Compare Isaiah 22:17; Jeremiah 16:13; Jeremiah 22:26;…”

“Fall - Into trouble. Psalms 37:25”

“Though: Psa 34:19, Psa 34:20, Psa 40:2, Psa 91:12, Psa 94:18, Psa 145:14; Pro 24:16; Mic 7:7, Mic 7:8; Luk 2:34; Luk 22:31, Luk 22:32, Luk 22:60-62 for: Psa 37:17, Psa 145:14; Joh 10:27-30 Psalms 37:25”