Psalms 37:3-13

3 ¹Trust in the LORD, and do good; ²dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.^[a]

4 ³Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will ⁴give you the desires of your heart.

5 ⁵Commit your way to the LORD; ⁶trust in him, and he will act.

6 ⁷He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as ⁸the noonday.

7 ⁹Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; ¹⁰fret not yourself over the one who ¹¹prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

8 ¹²Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! ¹³Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

9 ¹⁴For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall ¹⁵inherit the land.

10 In ¹⁶just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at ¹⁷his place, he will not be there.

11 But ¹⁸the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in ¹⁹abundant peace.

12 The wicked ²⁰plots against the righteous and ²¹gnashes his teeth at him,

13 but the Lord ²²laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his ²³day is coming.

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Psalms 37:3-13 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 23

1. Psalms 62:8; Psalms 115:9-11; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 26:4
2. Leviticus 26:5; Proverbs 2:21
3. Job 22:26; Isaiah 58:14; [Philippians 3:1; Philippians 4:4]
4. Matthew 6:33
5. Psalms 22:8; Psalms 55:22; Proverbs 16:3; 1 Peter 5:7
6. [See ver. 3 above]
7. Isaiah 58:8, 10; Micah 7:9
8. Job 11:17
9. [Psalms 62:1; Isaiah 30:15; Lamentations 3:26]
10. ver. 1
11. Jeremiah 12:1
12. [Ephesians 4:26]
13. [See ver. 7 above]
14. ver. 2, 22
15. Psalms 25:13; Proverbs 2:21; Isaiah 57:13; Isaiah 60:21
16. Job 24:24
17. Job 7:10
18. Cited Matthew 5:5
19. Psalms 119:165; [Isaiah 32:17]
20. Psalms 31:13
21. See Psalms 35:16
22. See Psalms 2:4
23. See Job 18:20

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture

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