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Psalm 37 Summary

Psalm 37 counsels patient trust: don’t fret over the wicked, but delight in the LORD and commit your way to him.

The psalm steadies anxious hearts: do not envy evildoers, for they fade like grass. Instead, ‘trust in the LORD and do good.’

‘Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart’—and ‘commit your way to the LORD,’ waiting patiently for him to act.

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Psalms 37:4 “Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalms 37:7 “Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.”
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