Psalms 37
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 37:3-20

31Trust in the Lord and do good; 2Dwell in the land and 34cultivate faithfulness.45Delight yourself in the Lord; And He will 6give you the desires of your heart.57Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.6He will bring forth 8your righteousness as the light And your judgment 9as the noonday.

710Rest in the Lord and 11wait 12patiently for Him; 13Do not fret because of him who 14prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.8Cease from anger and 15forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.9For 16evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the Lord, they will 17inherit the land.10Yet 18a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for 19his place and he will not be there.11But 20the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in 21abundant prosperity.

12The wicked 22plots against the righteous And 23gnashes at him with his teeth.13The Lord 24laughs at him, For He sees 25his day is coming.14The wicked have drawn the sword and 26bent their bow To cast down the 27afflicted and the needy, To 28slay those who are upright in conduct.15Their sword will enter their own heart, And their 29bows will be broken.

1630Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.17For the 31arms of the wicked will be broken, But the Lord 32sustains the righteous.18The Lord 33knows the days of the 34blameless, And their 35inheritance will be forever.19They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, And 36in the days of famine they will have abundance.20But the 37wicked will perish; And the enemies of the Lord will be like the 38glory of the pastures, They vanish--39like smoke they vanish away.

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 37:3 Ps 62:8 ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 37:3 Deut 30:20 ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 37:3 Or feed securely or feed on His faithfulness ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 37:3 Is 40:11; Ezek 34:13, 14 ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 37:4 Job 22:26; Ps 94:19; Is 58:14 ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 37:4 Ps 21:2; 145:19; Matt 7:7, 8 ↩
  7. 7. Psalms 37:5 Ps 55:22; Prov 16:3; 1 Pet 5:7 ↩
  8. 8. Psalms 37:6 Ps 97:11; Is 58:8, 10; Mic 7:9 ↩
  9. 9. Psalms 37:6 Job 11:17 ↩
  10. 10. Psalms 37:7 Or Be still ↩
  11. 11. Psalms 37:7 Ps 40:1; 62:5; Lam 3:26 ↩
  12. 12. Psalms 37:7 Or longingly ↩
  13. 13. Psalms 37:7 Ps 37:1, 8 ↩
  14. 14. Psalms 37:7 Jer 12:1 ↩
  15. 15. Psalms 37:8 Eph 4:31; Col 3:8 ↩
  16. 16. Psalms 37:9 Ps 37:2, 22 ↩
  17. 17. Psalms 37:9 Ps 25:13; Prov 2:21; Is 57:13; 60:21; Matt 5:5 ↩
  18. 18. Psalms 37:10 Job 24:24 ↩
  19. 19. Psalms 37:10 Job 7:10; Ps 37:35, 36 ↩
  20. 20. Psalms 37:11 Matt 5:5 ↩
  21. 21. Psalms 37:11 Ps 72:7 ↩
  22. 22. Psalms 37:12 Ps 31:13, 20 ↩
  23. 23. Psalms 37:12 Ps 35:16 ↩
  24. 24. Psalms 37:13 Ps 2:4 ↩
  25. 25. Psalms 37:13 1 Sam 26:10; Job 18:20 ↩
  26. 26. Psalms 37:14 Ps 11:2; Lam 2:4 ↩
  27. 27. Psalms 37:14 Ps 35:10; 86:1 ↩
  28. 28. Psalms 37:14 Ps 11:2 ↩
  29. 29. Psalms 37:15 1 Sam 2:4; Ps 46:9 ↩
  30. 30. Psalms 37:16 Prov 15:16; 16:8 ↩
  31. 31. Psalms 37:17 Job 38:15; Ps 10:15; Ezek 30:21 ↩
  32. 32. Psalms 37:17 Ps 71:6; 145:14 ↩
  33. 33. Psalms 37:18 Ps 1:6; 31:7 ↩
  34. 34. Psalms 37:18 Lit complete; or perfect ↩
  35. 35. Psalms 37:18 Ps 37:27, 29 ↩
  36. 36. Psalms 37:19 Job 5:20; Ps 33:19 ↩
  37. 37. Psalms 37:20 Ps 73:27 ↩
  38. 38. Psalms 37:20 I.e. flowers ↩
  39. 39. Psalms 37:20 Ps 68:2; 102:3 ↩

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