Mazmur 37:35

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Aku melihat seorang fasik yang gagah sombong, yang tumbuh mekar seperti pohon aras Libanon;

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Aku melihat seorang fasik yang gagah sombong, yang tumbuh mekar seperti pohon aras Libanon;

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bahwa aku telah melihat seorang jahat yang gagah, maka iapun tumbuh dengan suburnya dan seperti pohon beringin hijaunya;

Contextual Overview

³⁴ Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it. ³⁵ I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree. ³⁶ And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde. ³⁷ Marke hym that is perfect, and beholde him that is iust: for the ende of suche a man is peace. ³⁸ As for wicked transgressours, they shalbe destroyed [all] together: and the ende of the vngodly shalbe rooted vp at the last. ³⁹ But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble. ⁴⁰ And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have: Psalms 73:3-11, Esther 5:11, Job 5:3, Job 21:7-17, Isaiah 14:14-19

a green bay tree: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil, Job 8:13-19, Ezekiel 31:6-10, Ezekiel 31:18, Daniel 4:20-33

Reciprocal: Genesis 36:15 - Eliphaz Judges 4:17 - fled 1 Kings 16:15 - seven Esther 5:12 - to morrow Esther 7:9 - Hang him thereon Job 8:16 - green Job 12:6 - tabernacles Job 19:10 - mine hope Job 20:5 - the triumphing Job 24:24 - are exalted Psalms 37:2 - General Psalms 37:9 - evildoers Psalms 37:10 - wicked Psalms 52:5 - pluck Psalms 58:8 - pass Psalms 73:12 - these Psalms 73:18 - thou castedst Psalms 92:7 - wicked Proverbs 12:7 - wicked Proverbs 21:12 - wisely Isaiah 41:12 - shalt seek Isaiah 51:13 - where is Jeremiah 12:1 - Wherefore doth Jeremiah 49:10 - he is not Jeremiah 49:25 - General Ezekiel 31:5 - his height Ezekiel 31:8 - nor any Daniel 4:10 - a tree Daniel 11:4 - he shall stand Luke 16:25 - thy good 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring James 1:10 - because James 1:11 - so

Cross-References

Genesis 31:43
And Laban aunswered and sayd vnto Iacob: these daughters are my daughters, and these chyldren are my chyldren, & these sheepe are my sheepe, and all that thou seest is myne: and what can I do this day vnto these my daughters, or vnto their children which they haue borne?

Genesis 37:22
And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto the: shed no blood [but] cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse, and laye no hande vppon hym: [this he sayde] namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes, and delyuer hym to his father agayne.

Genesis 37:26
And Iuda sayde vnto his brethren: What auayleth it yf we slay our brother, and kepe his blood secrete?

Genesis 37:29
Then Ruben came agayne vnto the pit, and beholde, Ioseph [was] not in the pit: then he rent his clothes,

Genesis 37:31
And they toke Iosephes coate, and kylled a kyd, and dipped the coate in the blood.

Genesis 42:31
And we sayd vnto him: we meane truely, we neuer were spyes.

Genesis 42:38
And he said: My sonne shall not go downe with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if destruction come vpon hym by the way whiche ye go, ye shall bring my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.

Genesis 45:28
And Israel saide: [I haue] inough, that Ioseph my sonne is yet alyue: I will go, and see him, yer that I dye.

2 Samuel 12:17
And the elders of his house arose and went to him, to take him vp from the earth: But he would not, neither did he eate meate with them.

Job 2:11
Nowe when Iobs three friendes heard of all the trouble that came vpon him, they came euery one fro his owne place [namely] Eliphas the Themanite, Bildad the Suhite, and Zophad the Naamathite: for they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him, and to comfort hym.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have seen the wicked in great power,.... Meaning some particular person invested with great power, in great authority among men, one of the spiritual wickednesses in high places; such a man as Haman in Ahasuerus's court; and though the psalmist does not choose to mention his name, he doubtless had him in his mind; as either Saul, or Doeg the Edomite, or Ahithophel, or some such man, who was in an exalted station of life; and it may be when he himself was in low and distressed circumstances: the word used c signifies one formidable and terrible, striking terror to all around; of whom others are afraid, as Aben Ezra interprets it, Isaiah 29:20;

and spreading himself like a green bay tree: or like one that grows up out of the earth of itself, and is in its native soil, and very flourishing: and the metaphor denotes an increase of riches and honour, and a seemingly settled state in the enjoyment of such outward felicity; so Jarchi interprets it משריש, "taking root"; as well as such a man's glorying in and boasting of his affluence and fulness; see

Psalms 73:12. Aben Ezra explains it of a wicked man's openly committing iniquity, declaring his sin as Sodom, and glorying in his shame; but rather it denotes a man in great authority and esteem, as a man crowned with laurels, and in a very exalted and triumphant state.

c עדיץ "terrificam", Montanus, Vatablus; "terribilem ant formidabilem", Gejerus, Michaelis; "daunting, terrible", Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have seen - I have had an opportunity, in my long life Psalms 37:25, of witnessing the accuracy of the statement just made, that a righteous man may live to see a confirmation of the truth that wickedness, however prosperous the wicked man may be, will lead to ultimate ruin - as I have had an opportunity of seeing Psalms 37:25-26 the effect of a course of righteousness on the ultimate prosperity and happiness of its possessor. The same experience, with the same result, is referred to in Job 5:3.

In great power - The word used here - עריץ ‛ârı̂yts - means properly “terrible; inspiring terror.” It is applied to God in Jeremiah 20:11; and to powerful nations, Isaiah 25:3. It is also used in a bad sense, as denoting violent, fierce, lawless, or a tyrant, Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 25:4-5; Job 15:20; Job 27:13. Here it may be used in the sense of one who was prosperous and mighty, and as referring to a man who wielded vast power; but there is connected with that also, undoubtedly, the idea that that power was wielded, not for purposes of benevolence, but for injustice, oppression, and wrong. It was a “wicked” man that was thus powerful.

And spreading himself - The word used here means properly to be naked; to make naked; to empty; then, to pour oneself out; and then, to spread oneself abroad. It is applied here to a tree that seems to pour itself out, or to spread itself out in every direction - sending its limbs aloft, and its branches far on every side.

Like a green bay tree - Margin: “a green tree that groweth in its own soil.” The “bay tree” is a species of laurel, but there is no evidence that the original word here refers particularly to this, or specifically to any other tree. The original word אזרח 'ezrâch - is derived from זרח zârach, to rise; and then, to spring up as a plant does, and it properly means here, as expressed in the margin, “a native tree;” that is, a tree that grows in its own soil, or that has not been transplanted. Then, also, it comes to denote a native; one born in the country, not a foreigner: Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 18:26, et al. The idea here is that a tree which thus remains in its own soil is more vigorous, and will attain to a larger growth, than one which is transplanted; and thus the figure becomes an emblem of a prosperous and mighty man. “Perhaps,” also, there is included here, respecting the man, the idea that he has grown up where he is; that he has not been driven from place to place; that he has had uniform prosperity; that on the very soil which gave him birth he has risen to rank, to wealth, to power. His life has been spent in tranquil scenes, where everything seemed to be stable and secure; what his end will be, the psalmist states in the next verse.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:35. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. — Does not this refer to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and to the vision he had of the great tree which was in the midst of the earth, the head of which reached up to heaven? See Daniel 4:10, &c.