Psalms 37:19

19 They will not be distressed when times are hard; when famine comes, they will have plenty.

Psalms 37:19 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:19

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time
Of affliction and persecution, or of old age, or in the day of judgment, when it will go ill with others; see ( 1 John 2:28 ) ;

and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied:
whether it is understood figuratively of a famine of hearing the word, or literally of a proper famine of bread and water: these God will provide for them, as he did for Elijah, and they shall be sure unto them, and therefore let them not fret nor envy.

Psalms 37:19 In-Context

17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but ADONAI upholds the righteous.
18 ADONAI knows what the wholehearted suffer, but their inheritance lasts forever.
19 They will not be distressed when times are hard; when famine comes, they will have plenty.
20 For the wicked will perish; ADONAI's enemies will be like sheep fat, ending up as smoke, finished.
21 The wicked borrows and doesn't repay, but the righteous is generous and gives.
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