Psalms 37
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Lutheran reading notes
In Psalms chapter 37, the wisdom literature continues to explore prayer, worship, lament, praise, and trust in God. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes humanity’s limitations and the need to rely on God's grace and promises. The chapter highlights the contrast between human striving and the faithfulness of God.
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[{A Psalm} of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 37:1 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Psalms 37:2 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Trust in the LORD, and do good; {so} shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. {verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness}
Psalms 37:3 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psalms 37:4 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring {it} to pass. {Commit...: Heb. Roll thy way upon}
Psalms 37:5 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Psalms 37:6 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. {Rest in: Heb. Be silent to}
Psalms 37:7 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalms 37:8 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 37:9 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For yet a little while, and the wicked {shall} not {be}: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it {shall} not {be}.
Psalms 37:10 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms 37:11 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. {plotteth: or, practiseth}
Psalms 37:12 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Psalms 37:13 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, {and} to slay such as be of upright conversation. {such...: Heb. the upright of way}
Psalms 37:14 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalms 37:15 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms 37:16 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Psalms 37:17 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Psalms 37:18 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalms 37:19 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD {shall be} as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. {the fat: Heb. the preciousness}
Psalms 37:20 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 37:21 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For {such as be} blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and {they that be} cursed of him shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:22 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The steps of a {good} man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. {ordered: or, established}
Psalms 37:23 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth {him with} his hand.
Psalms 37:24 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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I have been young, and {now} am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms 37:25 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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{He is} ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed {is} blessed. {ever: Heb. all the day}
Psalms 37:26 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Psalms 37:27 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:28 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 37:29 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 37:30 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The law of his God {is} in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. {steps: or, goings}
Psalms 37:31 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psalms 37:32 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Psalms 37:33 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see {it}.
Psalms 37:34 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}
Psalms 37:35 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Yet he passed away, and, lo, he {was} not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Psalms 37:36 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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Mark the perfect {man}, and behold the upright: for the end of {that} man {is} peace.
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But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:38 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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But the salvation of the righteous {is} of the LORD: {he is} their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalms 37:39 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Psalms 37:40 highlights wisdom, prayer, and faithful living with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.