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Psalms 37:16-26
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The little that a good person owns is worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,
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because the Lord will take away the strength of the wicked, but protect those who are good.
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The Lord takes care of those who obey him, and the land will be theirs forever.
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They will not suffer when times are bad; they will have enough in time of famine.
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But the wicked will die; the enemies of the Lord will vanish like wild flowers; they will disappear like smoke.
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The wicked borrow and never pay back, but good people are generous with their gifts.
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Those who are blessed by the Lord will possess the land, but those who are cursed by him will be driven out.
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The Lord guides us in the way we should go and protects those who please him.
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If they fall, they will not stay down, because the Lord will help them up.
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I am old now; I have lived a long time, but I have never seen good people abandoned by the Lord or their children begging for food.
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At all times they give freely and lend to others, and their children are a blessing.
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Psalms 37:16-26 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
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.