Psalm 37 (Part 02) – Psa 37:1b-2 – Envy Not the Wicked

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1. The second is being envious of them.
2. Envious adj. – 1. Full of envy, affected or actuated by envy; vexed or discontented at the good fortune or qualities of another.
3. Envy – 1. Malignant or hostile feeling; ill-will, malice, enmity.

iii.    Envying a good man is a grievous sin (Pro 27:4) — how much more so a wicked man!

1. God’s children have a tendency to be jealous of the wicked who have it so good and are not chastened by God (Job 21:7-13).
2. Though the wicked reject God and get away with it for a while, they will be judged eventually (Job 21:14-20; 1Ti 5:24-25).
3. Envying sinners must be replaced with fearing the LORD (Pro 23:17).
4. Fearing the LORD will give us wisdom which will enable us to understand that it is foolish to envy sinners (Pro 9:10).
5. Fearing the LORD will cause us to depart from evil men (Pro 16:6), not desire to be with them (Pro 24:1).

vii.  The antidote to envying the wicked is going to church and hearing the truth preached (Psa 73:1-17).

viii.Though the wicked sometimes get away with doing evil for a long time, in the end it will not be well with them, but it will be well with the righteous (Ecc 8:12-13).

1. Solomon apparently learned these two lessons from his father David who penned Psalm 37 (Pro 24:19-20).

Psa 37:2 – “For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”

2. Like the grass, the wicked only flourish for a short time and then God gets out the lawnmower (Psa 90:5-6).
3. They soon wither and fade like the grass and the flowers (Isa 40:6-8).
4. They will be gathered into bundles to be burned (Mat 3:12; Mat 13:30).
5. They will be cast into the lake of fire (Rev 20:11-15).
6. They should therefore not be envied.