Psalms 37:27

27 Turn aside from evil and do good and [so] abide forever.

Psalms 37:27 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:27

Depart from evil, and do good
Depart from evildoers, and their evil ways; join not with them, nor fret and be envious at them; but do acts of beneficence, and all good works; since righteous men, and their seed, are not forsaken, but blessed of God; (See Gill on Psalms 34:14);

and dwell for evermore;
or "thou shalt dwell for evermore" ^F26; see ( Psalms 37:3 ) ; that is, in everlasting habitations, in the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, ( Luke 16:9 ) ( 2 Corinthians 5:1 ) . The Targum is, "that thou mayest dwell in everlasting life".

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (Mlwel Nkvw) "et habitabis in seculum", Pagninus, Vatablus, Piscator; so Aben Ezra & Kimchi.

Psalms 37:27 In-Context

25 I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.

26 All the day he [is] gracious and lends, and his children [are] a blessing.

27 Turn aside from evil and do good and [so] abide forever.

28 For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.

29 [The] righteous will possess [the] land and abide in it forever.