Psalms 37:40

40 The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

Psalms 37:40 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
English Standard Version (ESV)
40 The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
New Living Translation (NLT)
40 The LORD helps them, rescuing them from the wicked. He saves them, and they find shelter in him.
The Message Bible (MSG)
40 God-strengthened, we're delivered from evil - when we run to him, he saves us.
American Standard Version (ASV)
40 And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
40 The LORD helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from wicked people. He saves them because they have taken refuge in him.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
40 The Lord helps and delivers them; He will deliver them from the wicked and will save them because they take refuge in Him.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
40 The LORD helps them and saves them. He saves them from sinful people because they go to him for safety.

Psalms 37:40 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:40

And the Lord shall help them
In their distress, and out of their troubles, when none else can, and they themselves cannot; and that seasonably, and sometimes with means, and sometimes without;

and deliver them;
out of all their afflictions, which he does sooner or later; if not in life, yet at death;

he shall deliver them from the wicked;
this is repeated both for confirmation and explanation sake, showing who they are the Lord will deliver his people from, even from wicked and unreasonable men; he will not leave them in their hands now to do with them as they shall think fit; and he will free them from them to all eternity in the other world, where they shall cease from giving them any trouble;

and save them, because they trust in him;
not that there is any saving virtue in faith, or in trusting in the Lord; the saving virtue is in the Lord, the object of faith and trust; but inasmuch as the Lord has appointed salvation to be through faith, or has made that the means of receiving and enjoying salvation, and the blessings of it, and has declared that he that believeth shall be saved, he does accordingly save all such persons; wherefore blessed are they that trust in him. The Chaldee paraphrase is,

``he shall redeem them because they trust in his Word.''

Psalms 37:40 In-Context

38 But all sinners will be destroyed; there will be no future 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.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S 1 Chronicles 5:20; S Psalms 20:2
  • 2. S Psalms 34:7; Isaiah 31:5
  • 3. S Psalms 18:48
  • 4. Psalms 2:12
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