“But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.”
The psalmist declares 'But the wicked will perish: though the LORD's enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.' The comparison of enemies to flowers suggests that while they appear beautiful and vital, they are temporary and will be consumed. The promise that they will 'go up in smoke' suggests complete and utter destruction. This verse emphasizes the inevitable doom of the wicked.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:20
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…
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