Psalms 37:25-40

25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
26 They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing.[a]
27 Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
28 For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[b] ; the offspring of the wicked will perish.
29 The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just.
31 The law of their God is in their hearts; their feet do not slip.
32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, intent on putting them to death;
33 but the LORD will not leave them in the power of the wicked or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
34 Hope in the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.
35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.
37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace.[c]
38 But all sinners will be destroyed; there will be no future[d] for the wicked.
39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
40 The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

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Psalms 37:25-40 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 35

  • 1. ver 28; S Genesis 15:1; Hebrews 13:5
  • 2. Psalms 111:5; Psalms 145:15; Mark 10:46
  • 3. S Leviticus 25:35
  • 4. Deuteronomy 28:4; Psalms 112:2; Psalms 147:13
  • 5. Psalms 34:14; 3 John 1:11
  • 6. S Numbers 24:21
  • 7. S Deuteronomy 7:6; S Psalms 18:25; S Psalms 97:10
  • 8. S Genesis 17:14; S Deuteronomy 32:26; Proverbs 2:22; Psalms 21:10; Isaiah 14:20
  • 9. ver 9; Proverbs 2:21
  • 10. Isaiah 34:17
  • 11. Psalms 49:3; Proverbs 10:13
  • 12. S Deuteronomy 6:6; S Job 22:22; Psalms 40:8; Isaiah 51:7
  • 13. ver 23; S Deuteronomy 32:35
  • 14. S Psalms 10:8
  • 15. Psalms 11:5
  • 16. Job 32:3; Psalms 34:22; Psalms 79:11
  • 17. Psalms 109:31; 2 Peter 2:9
  • 18. Psalms 27:14
  • 19. S Psalms 18:21
  • 20. ver 9
  • 21. Psalms 52:6
  • 22. S Job 5:3
  • 23. ver 10; Proverbs 12:7; Isaiah 41:12; Daniel 11:19; Job 20:5
  • 24. ver 18; S Genesis 6:9; Psalms 18:25
  • 25. Psalms 11:7
  • 26. Isaiah 57:1-2
  • 27. S Psalms 1:1
  • 28. S ver 2; Psalms 73:19
  • 29. ver 9; Psalms 1:4
  • 30. S Psalms 3:8
  • 31. S Psalms 9:9
  • 32. S 1 Chronicles 5:20; S Psalms 20:2
  • 33. S Psalms 34:7; Isaiah 31:5
  • 34. S Psalms 18:48
  • 35. Psalms 2:12

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or "freely;" / "the names of their children will be used in blessings" (see Gen. 48:20); or "freely;" / "others will see that their children are blessed"
  • [b]. See Septuagint; Hebrew "They will be protected forever"
  • [c]. Or "upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity"
  • [d]. Or "posterity"
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