Psalms 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
In Context
4So shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and He shall give thee the petitions of thy heart.
6And He will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy right as the noonday.
Cross References
Genesis 24:12And he said: 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray Thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
Job 22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee, and light shall shine upon thy ways.
Psalms 55:22(55-23) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Ecclesiastes 9:1For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:2-7
Exhortations and Promises. 1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord , and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness… Read the whole commentary →