Rest in the Lord
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Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
8
Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
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For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.
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For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.
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But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.
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The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
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He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.
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The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.
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But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
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The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
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For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.
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The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.
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They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.
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But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.
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Psalm 37:7-20 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 37
\\<<[A Psalm] of David>>\\. This psalm, it is very probable, was written at the same time, and upon the same occasion, with the former; and describes the different states of good and bad men; and is full of exhortations, instructions, and advice to the people of God; intermixed with various encouraging promises. A late learned writer {h} thinks it was written for Mephibosheth's consolation under Ziba's calumny. {h} Delaney's Life of King David, vol. 2. p. 219.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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