But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
The faithful see the world in chaos: the godless prosper while the pious suffer, which tempts us to think God either absent or indifferent. This psalm strengthens us against that very temptation by declaring their felicity cursed and fleeting, while God's care for His own never fails, even in calamity.
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Commenting on Psalm 37:1-40
The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord alone, the very heart of the gospel of free grace. Every deliverance, great and small, every rescue along the way, belongs to Him. While trouble crushes the wicked, it drives the righteous into the arms of their strong Helper, who delights to uphold them.
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Keep God's way steadfastly and wait on Him with cheerfulness; the events are His to dispose. Go into the sanctuary and understand the end of the wicked: they shall be cut off from all good and separated forever from the fountain of life. Compare that ruin with the salvation of the righteous, and the temptation to envy them will be silenced.
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Commenting on Psalm 37:34-40