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Psalms 37:2-12
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For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.
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Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires.
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Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act,
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making your righteousness shine like the dawn, your justice like the noonday.
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Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for Him; do not be agitated by one who prospers in his way, by the man who carries out evil plans.
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Refrain from anger and give up [your] rage; do not be agitated-it can only bring harm.
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For evildoers will be destroyed, but those who put their hope in the Lord will inherit the land.[b]
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A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for him, he will not be there.
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The wicked schemes against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.
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Psalms 37:2-12 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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