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Psalms 37:5-15

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5 1Commit your way to the LORD; 2trust in him, and he will act.
6 3He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as 4the noonday.
7 5Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; 6fret not yourself over the one who 7prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
8 8Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! 9Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
9 10For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall 11inherit the land.
10 In 12just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at 13his place, he will not be there.
11 But 14the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in 15abundant peace.
12 The wicked 16plots against the righteous and 17gnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord 18laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his 19day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword and 20bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose 21way is upright;
15 their sword shall enter their own heart, and their 22bows shall be broken.
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Psalms 37:5-15 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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Cross References 22

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