Salmos 37

He Will Not Forsake His Saints

# 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet Of David.

1 *ver. 7, 8;Prov. 24:19Fret not yourself because of evildoers;

be not *Ps. 73:3;Prov. 3:31;23:17;24:1,19envious of wrongdoers!

2 For they will soon *Job 14:2;See Job 27:13-23fade like *Ps. 90:5,6the grass

and wither *Ps. 129:6like the green herb.

3 *Ps. 62:8;115:9-11;Prov. 3:5;Isa. 26:4Trust in the Lord, and do good;

*Lev. 26:5;Prov. 2:21dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.*37:3 Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture

4 *Job 22:26;Isa. 58:14;[Phil. 3:1;4:4] Delight yourself in the Lord,

and he will *Matt. 6:33give you the desires of your heart.

5 *Ps. 22:8;55:22;Prov. 16:3;1 Pet. 5:7Commit your way to the Lord;

*[See ver. 3above]trust in him, and he will act.

6 *Isa. 58:8,10;Mic. 7:9He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

and your justice as *Job 11:17the noonday.

7 *[Ps. 62:1;Isa. 30:15;Lam. 3:26] Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;

*ver. 1fret not yourself over the one who *Jer. 12:1prospers in his way,

over the man who carries out evil devices!

8 *[Eph. 4:26] Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!

*[See ver. 7above]Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

9 *ver. 2, 22For the evildoers shall be cut off,

but those who wait for the Lord shall *Ps. 25:13;Prov. 2:21;Isa. 57:13;60:21inherit the land.

10 In *Job 24:24just a little while, the wicked will be no more;

though you look carefully at *Job 7:10his place, he will not be there.

11 But *Cited Matt. 5:5the meek shall inherit the land

and delight themselves in *Ps. 119:165;[Isa. 32:17]abundant peace.

12 The wicked *Ps. 31:13plots against the righteous

and *See Ps. 35:16gnashes his teeth at him,

13 but the Lord *See Ps. 2:4laughs at the wicked,

for he sees that his *See Job 18:20day is coming.

14 The wicked draw the sword and *Ps. 7:12bend their bows

to bring down the poor and needy,

to slay those whose *See Ps. 7:10way is upright;

15 their sword shall enter their own heart,

and their *See 1 Sam. 2:4bows shall be broken.

16 *Prov. 15:16;16:8;[1 Tim. 6:6]Better is the little that the righteous has

than the abundance of many wicked.

17 For *Ps. 10:15;Job 38:15;Ezek. 30:21,22the arms of the wicked shall be broken,

but the Lord*ver. 24upholds the righteous.

18 The Lord*See Ps. 1:6knows the days of the blameless,

and their *ver. 9heritage will remain forever;

19 they are not put to shame in evil times;

in *Ps. 33:19;Job 5:20the days of famine they have abundance.

20 But the wicked will perish;

the enemies of the Lord are like *[Matt. 6:30;James 1:11] the glory of the pastures;

they vanish—like *Ps. 68:2;102:3;Hos. 13:3smoke they vanish away.

21 The wicked borrows but does not pay back,

but the righteous *ver. 26is generous and gives;

22 for those blessed by the Lord*37:22 Hebrew by him shall *See ver. 9inherit the land,

but those cursed by him *ver. 2shall be cut off.

23 The *Ps. 25:12;1 Sam. 2:9steps of a man are *Ps. 40:2;119:5established by the Lord,

when he delights in his way;

24 *Prov. 24:16;Mic. 7:8;2 Cor. 4:9though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,

for the Lord*ver. 17upholds his hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old,

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

or his children *[Ps. 109:10;Job 15:23]begging for bread.

26 He is ever *Ps. 112:5,9;Deut. 15:8,10;Matt. 5:42;Luke 6:35lending generously,

and his children become a blessing.

27 *See Ps. 34:14Turn away from evil and do good;

so shall you *[Ps. 102:28]dwell forever.

28 For the Lord*See Ps. 11:7loves justice;

he will not forsake his *See Ps. 16:10saints.

They are preserved forever,

but the children of the wicked shall be *ver. 2, 9;Ps. 21:10;Prov. 2:22;Isa. 14:20cut off.

29 The righteous shall inherit the land

and *[See ver. 27above]dwell upon it forever.

30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

and his tongue speaks justice.

31 *Ps. 40:8;119:11;Deut. 6:6;Isa. 51:7;Jer. 31:33;[Rom. 7:22] The law of his God is in his heart;

his *[Ps. 73:2]steps do not slip.

32 The wicked *Ps. 10:8watches for the righteous

and seeks to put him to death.

33 The Lord will not *[2 Pet. 2:9] abandon him to his power

or let him *Ps. 109:31be condemned when he is brought to trial.

34 *ver. 9;See Ps. 27:14Wait for the Lord and keep his way,

and he will exalt you to inherit the land;

you will look on *Ps. 52:5,6;91:8when the wicked are cut off.

35 *See Job 5:3I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,

spreading himself like *[Ps. 52:8]a green laurel tree.*37:35 The identity of this tree is uncertain

36 But he passed away,*37:36 Or But one passed by and behold, *ver. 10;Job 20:5he was no more;

though I sought him, he could not be found.

37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright,

for there is a future for the man of *ver. 11;Ps. 119:165;Isa. 57:2peace.

38 But *[Ps. 52:5;104:35;Prov. 2:22] transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;

the future of the wicked *Ps. 73:17;Job 18:17shall be cut off.

39 *See Ps. 3:8The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;

he is their stronghold in *Ps. 9:9the time of trouble.

40 The Lord helps them and *[Isa. 31:5;Acts 12:11] delivers them;

*[1 Chr. 5:20;Dan. 3:17,28;6:23] he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,

because they *See Ps. 11:1take refuge in him.