Psalms 37:17-22

17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

18 The blameless spend their days under the LORD’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever.

19 In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

20 But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.

21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;

22 those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed.

Psalms 37:17-22 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. Job 38:15; Psalms 10:15
• 2. Psalms 41:12; Psalms 140:12; Psalms 145:14; Psalms 146:7
• 3. S Job 23:10; Psalms 44:21; Psalms 1:6
• 4. ver 27,29
• 5. S Psalms 34:21
• 6. Psalms 68:2; Psalms 102:3; Isaiah 51:6
• 7. S Leviticus 25:35; Psalms 112:5
• 8. S Job 5:3; Proverbs 3:33
• 9. ver 9