Psalms 37:1
A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
In Context
2O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her rival afflicted her and vehemently distressed her, to a great extent, for she rebuked her that the Lord had closed her womb.
Psalms 37:7I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
Proverbs 3:31Do not rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.
Proverbs 23:17Let not your heart compete with sinners. But be in the fear of the Lord all day long.
Proverbs 24:19Do not contend with the most wicked, and do not be a rival to the impious.
Galatians 5:21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:1
This psalm is a sermon, and an excellent useful sermon it is, calculated not (as most of the psalms) for our devotion, but for our conversation; there is nothing in it of prayer or praise, but it is all instruction; it is "Maschil—a teaching psalm;" it is an exposition of some of the hardest chapters in the book of Providence, the advancement of the wicked and the disgrace of the righteous, a solution of the difficulties that arise thereupon, and an exhortation to conduct ourselves as becomes us under such dark… Read the whole commentary →