“For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.”
The psalmist assures that the wicked will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. The imagery of grass and herbs suggests that the wicked, though appearing vital and flourishing, lack permanence and substance. The verb 'fade' emphasizes the inevitability of their decline. This verse establishes the first principle of wisdom: the apparent success of the wicked is illusory and temporary.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:2
On the first part of the psalm. 1. With terror do they hear of the coming of the last day, who will not be secure by living well: and who fain would live ill, long. But it was for useful purposes that God willed that day to remain unknown; that the heart may be ever ready to expect that of which it knows it is to come, but knows not when it is to come. Seeing, however, that our Lord Jesus Christ was sent to us to be our “Master,” He said, that “of the day not even the Son of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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