(KJV) Psalm 371

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⥃Delight Yourself in the LORD 2  [ 1 Kings 2:1–9 ]

[A Psalm] of David.

[1] Fret3 not thyself because of evildoers, neither4 be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. [2] For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.5 [3] Trust6 in the Lord, and do good; [so] shalt7 thou dwell in the land, and verily8 thou shalt be fed9. [4] Delight10 thyself also in the Lord; and11 he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. [5] Commit12 thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and13 he shall bring [it] to pass. [6] And he shall14 bring forth thy righteousness as the light15, and thy judgment as the noonday. [7] Rest in16 the Lord, and wait17 patiently for him: fret18 not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man19 who bringeth wicked devices to pass. [8] Cease20 from anger, and forsake wrath: fret21 not thyself in any wise to do evil. [9] For evildoers22 shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit23 the earth24. [10] For yet25 a little while, and the wicked26 [shall] not [be]: yea, thou27 shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be]. [11] But the meek28 shall inherit the earth; and shall delight29 themselves in the abundance of peace. [12] The wicked plotteth30 against the just, and gnasheth31 upon him with his teeth.32 [13] The Lord shall laugh33 at him: for he seeth that his day34 is coming. [14] The wicked35 have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay36 such as37 be of upright conversation. [15] Their sword38 shall enter into their own heart, and their bows39 shall be broken. [16] A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.40 [17] For the arms41 of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord42 upholdeth the righteous. [18] The Lord knoweth43 the days44 of the upright: and their45 inheritance shall be for ever. [19] They shall not be ashamed in the evil46 time: and in the days47 of famine they shall be satisfied. [20] But the48 wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord [shall be] as the fat of lambs49: they shall consume; into smoke50 shall they consume away. [21] The wicked borroweth51, and payeth not again: but the righteous52 sheweth mercy, and giveth. [22] For [such as be] blessed53 of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed54 of him shall be cut off55. [23] The steps56 of a [good] man are ordered57 by the Lord: and he delighteth58 in his way. [24] Though59 he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for60 the Lord upholdeth [him with] his hand. [25] I have61 been young, and [now] am old; yet62 have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed63 begging bread. [26] [He is] ever64 merciful65, and lendeth; and his seed66 [is] blessed. [27] Depart67 from evil, and do good68; and dwell for evermore. [28] For the Lord loveth69 judgment, and forsaketh70 not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but71 the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. [29] The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.72 [30] The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.73 [31] The law74 of his God [is] in his heart; none75 of his steps76 shall slide. [32] The wicked watcheth77 the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. [33] The Lord will not78 leave him in his hand, nor condemn79 him when he is judged. [34] Wait80 on the Lord, and keep81 his way, and he shall exalt82 thee to inherit the land: when83 the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it]. [35] I have84 seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree85. [36] Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.86 [37] Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.87 [38] But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.88 [39] But the salvation89 of the righteous [is] of the Lord: [he is] their strength90 in the time of trouble. [40] And the Lord91 shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from92 the wicked, and save them, because93 they trust in him.

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  1. This is the third alphabetical Psalm. It seems to have been intended as an instructive and consoling ode for the captives in Babylon, who might feel themselves severely tempted when they saw those idolaters in prosperity, and themselves in adversity. ↩

  2. Ps 37:1, David persuades to patience and confidence in God, by the different estate of the godly and the wicked. ↩

  3. Ps 37:7; 1Sam 1:6-8; Prov 19:3, Prov 24:1, Prov 24:19 ↩

  4. Ps 73:3; Prov 3:31, Prov 23:17; Gal 5:21; Jas 4:5-6 ↩

  5. Ps 37:35-36, Ps 73:17-20, Ps 90:5-6, Ps 92:7, Ps 129:5-7; Job 20:5-9; Jas 1:10-11; 1Pet 1:24 ↩

  6. Ps 4:5, Ps 26:1; Isa 1:16-19, Isa 50:10; Jer 17:7-8; 1Cor 15:57-58; Heb 6:10-12 ↩

  7. Gen 26:2; 1Sam 26:19; Heb 11:13-16 ↩

  8. Heb. in truth, or stableness ↩

  9. Ps 33:19, Ps 34:9-10; Matt 6:31-33; Luke 22:35 ↩

  10. Ps 43:4, Ps 104:34; Job 27:10, Job 34:9; Song 2:3; Isa 58:14; 1Pet 1:8 ↩

  11. Ps 21:1-2, Ps 145:19; John 15:7, John 15:16; 1John 5:14-15 ↩

  12. Heb. Roll thy way upon, Ps 22:8, Ps 55:22; Prov 16:3 *marg. Matt 6:25; Luke 12:22, Luke 12:29-30; Phil 4:6-7; 1Pet 5:7 ↩

  13. Job 22:28; Eccl 9:1; Lam 3:37; Jas 4:15 ↩

  14. Ps 31:20; Isa 54:17; Mic 7:8-9; 1Cor 4:5 ↩

  15. Job 11:17; Mal 3:18; Matt 13:43 ↩

  16. Heb. Be silent to, Ps 62:1; Josh 10:12; Jonah 1:11 *marg. ↩

  17. Ps 27:14, Ps 40:1; Prov 20:22; Isa 8:17, Isa 30:15; Lam 3:25-26; Hab 2:3; Gal 6:9; Heb 10:36-37; Jas 5:7-11 ↩

  18. Ps 50:8, Ps 73:3-14; Jer 12:1 ↩

  19. Job 21:7-34; Eccl 5:8; Isa 10:13-14; Dan 11:36; Rev 13:3-10 ↩

  20. Job 5:2, Job 18:4; Prov 14:29, Prov 16:32; Eph 4:26, Eph 4:31; Jas 1:19-20, Jas 3:14-18 ↩

  21. Ps 31:22, Ps 73:15, Ps 116:11; 1Sam 25:21-23; Jer 20:14-15; Jonah 4:1, Jonah 4:9; Luke 9:54-55 ↩

  22. Ps 37:35-36, Ps 55:23; Job 20:23-29, Job 27:13, Job 27:14-23 ↩

  23. Ps 37:11-12, Ps 37:29, Ps 25:13; Isa 58:14, Isa 60:21; Heb 11:16; Rev 5:10 ↩

  24. Or, "the land," airetz, probably the land of Judea, given by God himself as an inheritance to their fathers, and their posterity forever, and this verse seems to contain a promise of their return thither. ↩

  25. Ps 73:18-20; Job 24:24; Heb 10:36-37; 1Pet 4:7; Rev 6:10-11 ↩

  26. Ps 37:35-36, Ps 49:10, Ps 103:16; Job 7:10, Job 7:21, Job 14:10, Job 20:8-9; Luke 12:20-21; Luke 16:27-28 ↩

  27. Ps 52:5-7, Ps 58:10-11, Ps 107:42-43; 1Sam 25:38-39; 2Kgs 9:25, 2Kgs 9:34-37; Esth 7:10, Esth 8:1; Isa 14:16-19 ↩

  28. Matt 5:5; Gal 5:22-23; 1Tim 6:11; Jas 1:21, Jas 3:13 ↩

  29. Ps 36:8, Ps 72:7, Ps 119:165; Isa 26:3, Isa 48:18, Isa 57:18-21; John 14:27; Phil 4:7 ↩

  30. or, practiseth, Dan 8:12, Dan 8:24; Mic 2:1 ↩

  31. Ps 35:16 ↩

  32. Ps 37:32; 1Sam 18:21, 1Sam 23:7-9; 2Sam 15:10-12; Esth 3:6; Matt 26:4, Matt 26:16 ↩

  33. Ps 2:4; Prov 1:26 ↩

  34. 1Sam 26:10; Jer 50:27; Ezek 21:25, Ezek 21:29; Dan 5:26 ↩

  35. Ps 64:2-6; Acts 12:2-3, Acts 12:11, Acts 12:23 ↩

  36. 1Sam 24:11, 1Sam 24:17; Prov 29:10, Prov 29:27; Hab 1:13; Matt 23:30-34; Acts 7:52; 1John 3:12 ↩

  37. etc. Heb. the upright of way ↩

  38. Ps 7:14-15, Ps 35:8; 1Sam 31:4; 2Sam 17:23; Esth 7:9-10; Isa 37:38; Mic 5:6; Matt 27:4-5 ↩

  39. Ps 46:9, Ps 76:3-6; Jer 51:56; Hos 1:5, Hos 2:18 ↩

  40. Prov 3:33, Prov 13:25, Prov 15:16-17, Prov 16:8, Prov 30:9; Eccl 2:26, Eccl 4:6; Matt 6:11; 1Tim 6:6 ↩

  41. Ps 10:15; Job 38:15; Ezek 30:21-25 ↩

  42. Ps 37:24, Ps 41:12, Ps 51:12, Ps 63:8, Ps 119:116-117, Ps 145:14; Isa 41:10, Isa 42:1; Jude 1:24 ↩

  43. Ps 1:6, Ps 31:7; Matt 6:32; 2Tim 2:19 ↩

  44. Ps 37:13, Ps 31:15, Ps 49:5; Deut 33:25; Matt 24:21-24; 2Tim 3:1-5, 2Tim 4:2-4; Rev 11:3-5 ↩

  45. Ps 16:11, Ps 21:4, Ps 73:24, Ps 103:17; Isa 60:21; Rom 5:21, Rom 6:23; 1Pet 1:4-5; 1John 2:25 ↩

  46. Eccl 9:12; Amos 5:13; Mic 2:3; Eph 5:16 ↩

  47. Ps 33:19; Job 5:20-22; Prov 10:3; Isa 33:16 ↩

  48. Ps 68:2, Ps 92:9; Judg 5:31; Luke 13:3, Luke 13:5; 2Pet 2:12 ↩

  49. Heb. preciousness, That is, as the fat was wholly consumed in sacrifices, by the fire on the altar, so the wicked shall consume away in the fire of God's anger. Deut 33:14-16 ↩

  50. Ps 102:3; Gen 19:28; Lev 3:3-11, Lev 3:16; Deut 29:20; Heb 12:29 ↩

  51. Deut 28:12, Deut 28:43-44; 2Kgs 4:1-5; Neh 5:1-5; Prov 22:7 ↩

  52. Ps 112:5, Ps 112:9; Deut 15:9-11; Job 31:16-20; Isa 32:8, Isa 58:7-10; Luke 6:30; Acts 11:29, Acts 20:35; 2Cor 8:9, 2Cor 9:6-15; Heb 6:10, Heb 13:16 ↩

  53. Ps 37:11, Ps 37:18, Ps 32:1, Ps 115:15, Ps 128:1; Prov 3:33 ↩

  54. Ps 119:21; Matt 25:41; 1Cor 16:22; Gal 3:10, Gal 3:13 ↩

  55. Ps 37:9, Ps 37:28; Zech 5:3-4 ↩

  56. Ps 17:5, Ps 85:13, Ps 119:133, Ps 121:3, Ps 121:8; 1Sam 2:9; Job 23:11-12; Prov 16:9; Jer 10:23 ↩

  57. or, established, Ps 40:2; Prov 4:26 ↩

  58. Ps 147:10; Prov 11:1, Prov 11:20; Jer 9:24; Heb 13:16 ↩

  59. Ps 34:19-20, Ps 40:2, Ps 91:12, Ps 94:18, Ps 145:14; Prov 24:16; Mic 7:7-8; Luke 2:34; Luke 22:31-32, Luke 22:60-62 ↩

  60. Ps 37:17, Ps 145:14; John 10:27-30 ↩

  61. Ps 71:9, Ps 71:18; Job 32:6-7; Acts 21:16; Phlm 1:8-9 ↩

  62. Ps 37:28, Ps 94:14; Josh 1:5; 1Sam 12:22; Isa 13:16; 2Cor 4:9; Heb 12:5-6; Heb 13:5 ↩

  63. Ps 25:13, Ps 59:15, Ps 109:10, Ps 112:2; Gen 17:7; Job 15:23; Prov 13:22; Luke 1:53-55 ↩

  64. Heb. all the day ↩

  65. Ps 37:21, Ps 112:5, Ps 112:9; Deut 15:8-10; Matt 5:7; Luke 6:35-38 ↩

  66. Prov 20:7; Jer 32:39 ↩

  67. Ps 34:14; Job 28:28; Prov 16:6, Prov 16:17; Isa 1:16-17; 2Tim 2:19; Titus 2:11-14 ↩

  68. Ps 37:3; 1Thess 5:15; Titus 3:8, Titus 3:14; Heb 13:16, Heb 13:21; 1John 2:16-17 ↩

  69. Ps 11:7, Ps 45:6-7, Ps 99:4; Isa 30:18, Isa 61:8; Jer 9:24 ↩

  70. Ps 37:25, Ps 37:40, Ps 92:13-15; Isa 59:21; Jer 32:40-41; John 5:24, John 6:39-40; John 10:28-30, John 15:9; 1John 2:19; 1Pet 1:5; Jude 1:1 ↩

  71. Ps 21:10; Exod 20:5; Job 18:19, Job 27:14; Prov 2:22; Isa 14:20-21 ↩

  72. Ps 37:9, Ps 37:11, Ps 37:18, Ps 37:27; Deut 30:20; Prov 2:21; 2Pet 3:13; Rev 21:3-4, Rev 21:7 ↩

  73. Ps 71:15, Ps 71:24; Deut 6:7-9; Prov 10:21, Prov 10:31, Prov 15:7, Prov 25:11-13, Prov 27:9; Matt 12:35; Eph 4:29; Col 4:6 ↩

  74. Ps 1:2, Ps 40:3, Ps 40:8, Ps 119:11, Ps 119:98; Deut 6:6, Deut 11:18-20; Prov 4:4; Isa 51:7; Jer 31:33; Heb 8:10 ↩

  75. Ps 37:23, Ps 121:3 ↩

  76. or, goings, Ps 17:5, Ps 40:2, Ps 44:18 marg. Ps 73:2; Job 23:11; Prov 14:15; Ezek 27:6 marg. ↩

  77. Ps 37:12, Ps 10:8-10; Jer 20:10; Luke 6:7, Luke 11:54, Luke 14:1, Luke 19:47-48, Luke 20:20; Acts 9:24 ↩

  78. Ps 31:7-8, Ps 124:6-7; 1Sam 23:26-28; 2Tim 4:17; 2Pet 2:9 ↩

  79. Ps 109:31; Rom 8:1, Rom 8:33-34 ↩

  80. Kawah, to wait, implies the extension of a right line from one point to another. The first point is the human heart; the line is its intense desire; and the last point is God, to whom the heart extends this straight line of earnest desire. He who, while he waits on God, keeps his way, is sure to have the further blessings of which he is in pursuit. Ps 37:3, Ps 37:7, Ps 37:9, Ps 27:14; Prov 20:22 ↩

  81. Job 17:9, Job 23:10-12; Prov 4:25-27, Prov 16:17; Matt 24:13 ↩

  82. Ps 92:10, Ps 112:9; Luke 14:11; 1Pet 1:7, 1Pet 5:6 ↩

  83. Ps 52:5-6, Ps 91:8, Ps 92:11 ↩

  84. Ps 73:3-11; Esth 5:11; Job 5:3, Job 21:7-17; Isa 14:14-19 ↩

  85. or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil, Job 8:13-19; Ezek 31:6-10, Ezek 31:18; Dan 4:20-33 ↩

  86. Ps 37:10; Exod 15:9-10, Exod 15:19; Job 20:5-29; Isa 10:16-19, Isa 10:33-34; Acts 12:22-23 ↩

  87. Job 1:1, Job 42:12-17; Prov 14:32; Isa 32:17, Isa 57:2; Luke 2:25-29; Acts 7:59-60; 2Tim 4:6-8; 2Pet 1:14 ↩

  88. Ps 1:4-6, Ps 9:17, Ps 52:5; Prov 14:32; Matt 13:30, Matt 13:49-50, Matt 25:46; 2Thess 1:8-9 ↩

  89. Ps 3:8; Isa 12:2; Jonah 2:9; Eph 2:8 ↩

  90. Ps 9:9, Ps 46:1, Ps 91:15; Isa 33:2; Col 1:11; 2Tim 4:17 ↩

  91. Isa 31:5, Isa 46:4; Dan 3:17, Dan 3:28, Dan 6:23 ↩

  92. Ps 17:13, Ps 27:2; 1John 2:13-14, 1John 5:18 ↩

  93. Ps 22:4-5; 1Chr 5:20 ↩