Psalms 37:5-15

5 ¹Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

6 He will bring forth ²your righteousness as the light And your judgment ³as the noonday.

7 Rest in the LORD and ⁴wait patiently for Him; ⁵Do not fret because of him who ⁶prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

8 Cease from anger and ⁷forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

9 For ⁸evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will ⁹inherit the land.

10 Yet ¹⁰a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for ¹¹his place and he will not be there.

11 But ¹²the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in ¹³abundant prosperity.

12 The wicked ¹⁴plots against the righteous And ¹⁵gnashes at him with his teeth.

13 The Lord ¹⁶laughs at him, For He sees ¹⁷his day is coming.

14 The wicked have drawn the sword and ¹⁸bent their bow To cast down the ¹⁹afflicted and the needy, To ²⁰slay those who are upright in conduct.

15 Their sword will enter their own heart, And their ²¹bows will 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 21

1. Psalms 55:22; Proverbs 16:3; 1 Peter 5:7
2. Psalms 97:11; Isaiah 58:8, 10; Micah 7:9
3. Job 11:17
4. Psalms 40:1; Psalms 62:5; Lamentations 3:26
5. Psalms 37:1, 8
6. Jeremiah 12:1
7. Ephesians 4:31; Colossians 3:8
8. Psalms 37:2, 22
9. Psalms 25:13; Proverbs 2:21; Isaiah 57:13; Isaiah 60:21; Matthew 5:5
10. Job 24:24
11. Job 7:10; Psalms 37:35, 36
12. Matthew 5:5
13. Psalms 72:7
14. Psalms 31:13, 20
15. Psalms 35:16
16. Psalms 2:4
17. 1 Samuel 26:10; Job 18:20
18. Psalms 11:2; Lamentations 2:4
19. Psalms 35:10; Psalms 86:1
20. Psalms 11:2
21. 1 Samuel 2:4; Psalms 46:9

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "Be still"
[b]. Or "longingly"