Psalm 37:25-31

25 I have been young and now I am old, Yet ¹I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or ²his descendants begging bread.

26 All day long ³he is gracious and lends, And ⁴his descendants are a blessing.

27 ⁵Depart from evil and do good, So you will abide ⁶forever.

28 For the LORD ⁷loves justice And ⁸does not forsake His godly ones; They are ⁹preserved forever, But the ¹⁰descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

29 The righteous will ¹¹inherit the land And ¹²dwell in it forever.

30 The mouth of the righteous ¹³utters wisdom, And his tongue ¹⁴speaks justice.

31 The ¹⁵law of his God is in his heart; His ¹⁶steps do not slip.

Psalm 37:25-31 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. Psalms 37:28; Isaiah 41:17; Hebrews 13:5
• 2. Psalms 109:10
• 3. Deuteronomy 15:8; Psalms 37:21
• 4. Psalms 147:13
• 5. Psalms 34:14
• 6. Psalms 37:18; Psalms 102:28
• 7. Psalms 11:7; Psalms 33:5
• 8. Psalms 37:25
• 9. Psalms 31:23
• 10. Psalms 21:10; Psalms 37:9; Proverbs 2:22; Isaiah 14:20
• 11. Psalms 37:9; Proverbs 2:21
• 12. Psalms 37:18
• 13. Psalms 49:3; Proverbs 10:13
• 14. Psalms 101:1; Psalms 119:13
• 15. Deuteronomy 6:6; Psalms 40:8; Psalms 119:11; Isaiah 51:7; Jeremiah 31:33
• 16. Psalms 26:1; Psalms 37:23

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "seed"
• [b] Lit "seed"
• [c] Or "And dwell forever"
• [d] Lit "judgment"
• [e] Lit "seed"