And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
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 Lord will stand up for His chosen in the heat of battle itself. Faith is the mark that separates the sheep from the goats; not merit, but believing shall distinguish them. Whoever truly trusts in God will sing himself out of fretfulness into gracious peace, assured that what seems hard is ordered in mercy.
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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