Psalm 37:5
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Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked.
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In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
3
Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last.
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Keep company with God, get in on the best.
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Open up before God, keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done:
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He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.
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Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.
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Psalm 37:1-7 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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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
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