Psalm 37 - David teaching about Exemplary trust in God

English Standard Version Psalm 37

1  Fret not yourself because of evildoers;

be not envious of wrongdoers!

2  For they will soon fade like the grass

and wither like the green herb.

3  Trust in the LORD, and do good;

dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

4  Delight yourself in the LORD,

and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5  Commit your way to the LORD;

trust in him, and he will act.

6  He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

and your justice as the noonday.

7  Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;

fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,

over the man who carries out evil devices!

8  Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!

Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

9  For the evildoers shall be cut off,

but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.

10  In just a little while, the wicked will be no more;

though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.

11  But the meek shall inherit the land

and delight themselves in abundant peace.

Fretting:

Verses 1-2

1  Fret not yourself because of evildoers;

be not envious of wrongdoers!

2  For they will soon fade like the grass

and wither like the green herb.

this is another Psalm of David. He is here exmplifying for us and in his words contrasting how to deal with and go forward, and also how to live.

The temptation, is to fret. But the cause here is that evildoers abound.

The Reason: Because there is evildoers, it is a difficult to have peace and function in life. But here is also a reason here, that, “does not God know, and permit all that is happeneing and taking place in this world, and therefore, this is reason, that if he lets it be, and that he himself, is able to, and could intervene, that there is a way for me to establish my trust in him, that for his reasons that he does not intervene, but allows things in this world to go on as they do, and for me, to know that they will have to answer for their actions, and not receive God’s blessing and that I will also answer for my life, and my living and my ways, and how I lived and also have to answer to God for my life, and that I will receive blessing from God, for the life and the faith that I have in this world. and in this time and that the determined entrusted life, and situations and circumstances that I have had to face, that I will be rewared by God for being fiathful to him and living a life that gave him glory.

Leading to:

Living a Life that Glorifies God:

verses 3-6,

The real issue, at play is that what happens around us, especially if it is opposed to our living for God, is actually a distraction. And if we can deal with the distraction, it means we can be free from our enemies. Here we see, that we can trust God, when we live like this, and have this view, that He will also cause our lives to be filled with his righteousness.

Leading to:

3. There is a Battle, but it’s a good one

In verses 7-11,

It states that sometimes, it takes some time. David here speaks about being still and waiting patiently for God. And to do this, in the middle of watching the wicked get away with the evil schemes. David should trust his own disposition, if it is based on following God, but then to trust God, to act for him, and for God’s promises in the gospel to be realized. With the idea, that if God knows what is going on, and that blessing is promised to those who are faithful to God, that “the day of the wicked” will also have it’s say.