Bible Verses: Psalms 37:35
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THE HOLY SPIRIT IN Psalms 37 admonishes us to beware of irritation in our religious lives:
"Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity."
The word "fret" comes to us from the Anglo-Saxon and carries with it such a variety of meanings as bring a rather pained smile to our faces. Notice how they expose us and locate us behind our disguises. The primary meaning of the word is...
Bible Verses: Psalms 37
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For Reading and Meditation: Job 21:11-16
We come now to the heart of the issue with which the psalmist is struggling in Psalm 73: "Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence. All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning" (
Bible Verses: Job 21:11-16Psalms 73Psalms 73:13-14Psalms 37:1-40Proverbs 3:31Proverbs 14:30
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For Reading and Meditation: Job 9:21-35
The more the psalmist contemplates the condition of the ungodly, the more his perplexity increases. The next verses show him to be upset over the fact that people treat the ungodly with such admiration: "Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. They say, 'How can God know? Does the Most High...
Bible Verses: Job 9:21-35Psalms 73:10-12Psalms 73Deuteronomy 32:1-15Psalms 37:35Jeremiah 5:27-28
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For Reading and Meditation: Matthew 7:13-20
Today we look at the special understanding the psalmist received when he came into the sanctuary of God: "Then I understood their final destiny" (Psalm 73:17). As soon as he considered the final destiny of the ungodly, everything dropped into focus for him. He had looked...
Bible Verses: Matthew 7:13-20Psalms 73:17Psalms 37Luke 12:15-21Proverbs 12:15-16Proverbs 28:6
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"The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide." Psalms 37:31
Put the law into the heart, and the whole man is right. This is where the law should be; for then it lies, like the tables of stone in the ark, in the place appointed for it. In the head it puzzles, on the back it burdens, in the heart it upholds.
What a choice word is here used, "the law of his God"! When we know the LORD as our own God His...
Bible Verses: Psalms 37:31
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We are here called upon to observe the providential wisdom and faithfulness of God, shown in his care of the good. "We are not merely to glance at these good ones, but to keep our eye upon them; for though God's providence may, for a season, appear to be adverse to them, yet at the end it will be found that he has led them carefully by his all-righteous hand. Not that they will die in affluence, in splendor, or in great worldly honor; but they shall exhibit their sure trust in God by a...
Bible Verses: Psalms 37:37
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. § Death and life are in the power of the tongue. § The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. § Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.For we cannot but...
Bible Verses: Matthew 12:34Colossians 3:16Proverbs 4:23Proverbs 18:21Psalms 37:30Psalms 37:31Ephesians 4:29Acts 4:20Psalms 116:10Matthew 10:32Romans 10:10
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Lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. § This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. § By the word of Your...
Bible Verses: Isaiah 34:16Deuteronomy 11:18Joshua 1:8Psalms 37:31Psalms 17:4Psalms 119:112 Peter 1:19Romans 15:4
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Of one thing we may be sure; we can never escape the external stimuli that cause vexation. The world is full of them and though we were to retreat to a cave and live the remainder of our days alone, we still could not lose them. The rough floor of our cave would chafe us, the weather would irritate us and the very silence would cause us to fret.
Deliverance from a fretting spirit may be by blood and fire, by humility, self-abnegation and a patient carrying of the cross. There will...