Psalm 37:5-11

5 ¹Commit your way to the Lord; ²trust in him, and he will act.

6 ³He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as ⁴the noonday.

7 ⁵Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; ⁶fret not yourself over the one who ⁷prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

8 ⁸Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! ⁹Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

9 ¹⁰For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall ¹¹inherit the land.

10 In ¹²just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at ¹³his place, he will not be there.

11 But ¹⁴the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in ¹⁵abundant peace.

Psalm 37:5-11 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.

Cross References

• 1. 37:5 Ps. 22:8; 55:22; Prov. 16:3; 1 Pet. 5:7
• 2. 37:5 [See ver. 3 above]
• 3. 37:6 Isa. 58:8, 10; Mic. 7:9
• 4. 37:6 Job 11:17
• 5. 37:7 [Ps. 62:1; Isa. 30:15; Lam. 3:26]
• 6. 37:7 ver. 1
• 7. 37:7 Jer. 12:1
• 8. 37:8 [Eph. 4:26]
• 9. 37:8 [See ver. 7 above]
• 10. 37:9 ver. 2, 22
• 11. 37:9 Ps. 25:13; Prov. 2:21; Isa. 57:13; 60:21
• 12. 37:10 Job 24:24
• 13. 37:10 Job 7:10
• 14. 37:11 Cited Matt. 5:5
• 15. 37:11 Ps. 119:165; [Isa. 32:17]