Psalms 37:36

“Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, etc.] To read the word of God, to hear it opened and explained, to observe and keep the things contained in it; to which there is a disinclination in men naturally: but the Lord, who fashions the hearts of men, and has them in his hands, can bend and incline them by his efficacious grace to regard these his testimonies; which, as Aben Ezra observes, are more precious than all substance, and so are opposed to what follows: and not to covetousness; not to mammon or money, as the Targum; the love of it, which is the root of all evil, and very pernicious and harmful; in hearing the word it chokes it, and makes it unfruitful, (<540609>1 Timothy 6:9,10…”

“he was not--(Compare Psa 37:10).”

“Yet he passed away - Compare the notes at Job 20:5. The allusion here, of course, is to the man, and not to the tree, though the grammatical construction might refer to either. The idea is that he passed out of view - “he was gone;” he had no permanent abode on earth, but with all his pomp and splendor he had disappeared. Neither his prosperity, his greatness, nor his wealth, could secure him a permanent abode on earth. It might be said, also, in reply to this, that the good man passes away and is not. That is true. But the meaning here is, that this occurs “so much more frequently” in the case of a wicked man, or that wickedness is followed so often in this life by the judgment of God in…”

“Yet - He was gone in an instant. But - There was no monument or remainder of him left. Psalms 37:37”

“Psa 37:10; Exo 15:9, Exo 15:10, Exo 15:19; Job 20:5-29; Isa 10:16-19, Isa 10:33, Isa 10:34; Act 12:22, Act 12:23 Psalms 37:37”