Psalms 37:4-7

4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:

6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Psalms 37:4-7 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. S Job 27:10; Isaiah 58:14
• 2. S Job 7:6; Psalms 21:2; Psalms 145:19; Matthew 6:33
• 3. Psalms 4:5; Psalms 55:22; Proverbs 16:3; 1 Peter 5:7
• 4. Psalms 18:24; Psalms 103:17; Psalms 112:3; Micah 7:9
• 5. S Job 11:17
• 6. S Exodus 14:14; S Isaiah 41:1; Psalms 62:5; Lamentations 3:26
• 7. S Psalms 27:14; Psalms 40:1; Psalms 130:5; Isaiah 38:13; Habakkuk 3:16; Romans 8:25
• 8. ver 1
• 9. Jeremiah 12:1
• 10. Psalms 21:11; Psalms 26:10; Psalms 119:150