John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 37:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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My soul breaketh for the longing, etc.] His heart was just ready to break, and his soul fainted; he was ready to die, through a vehement desire of enjoying the object longed for, after mentioned; “hope deferred makes the heart sick”, (<201301>Proverbs 13:1,2); the phrase is expressive of the greatness, vehemence, and eagerness of his mind after the thing he desired, which follows: [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times; not the judgments of God on wicked men, though these are desirable for the glorifying of his justice; nor his dark dispensations of providence, though good men cannot but desire and long for the time when these judgments shall be made manifest: but rather the righteous laws and precepts of God are designed, which he desired to have a more perfect knowledge of, and yield a more constant obedience unto; or, best of all, the doctrines of grace and righteousness, that should be more clearly revealed in the times of the Messiah; who was to set judgment in the earth, his Gospel; and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and glorify the justice of God; than which nothing was more earnestly and importunately wished and longed for by Old Testament saints; (see <19B981>Psalm 119:81 <191407>Psalm 14:7).

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