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Psalms 37:16-20

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16 1Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
17 For 2the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD 3upholds the righteous.
18 The LORD 4 knows the days of the blameless, and their 5heritage will remain forever;
19 they are not put to shame in evil times; in 6the days of famine they have abundance.
20 But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the LORD are like 7the glory of the pastures; they vanish--like 8smoke they vanish away.
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Psalms 37:16-20 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

Cross References 8

  • 1. Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8; [1 Timothy 6:6]
  • 2. Psalms 10:15; Job 38:15; Ezekiel 30:21, 22
  • 3. ver. 24
  • 4. See Psalms 1:6
  • 5. ver. 9
  • 6. Psalms 33:19; Job 5:20
  • 7. [Matthew 6:30; James 1:11]
  • 8. Psalms 68:2; Psalms 102:3; Hosea 13:3
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