Psalm 37:3-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Beth
3 Trust in the Lord and do good
that you may dwell in the land[a] and live secure.(A)
4 Find your delight in the Lord
who will give you your heart’s desire.(B)
Footnotes
- 37:3 The land: the promised land, Israel, which became for later interpreters a type or figure of heaven, cf. Hb 11:9–10, 13–16. The New Testament Beatitudes (Mt 5:3–12; Lk 6:20–26) have been influenced by the Psalm, especially their total reversal of the present and their interpretation of the happy future as possession of the land.
Psalm 37:18-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Yodh
18 The Lord knows the days of the blameless;
their heritage lasts forever.
19 They will not be ashamed when times are bad;
in days of famine they will be satisfied.
Psalm 37:27-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Samekh
27 Turn from evil and do good,
that you may be settled forever.(A)
28 For the Lord loves justice
and does not abandon the faithful.
Ayin
When the unjust are destroyed,
and the offspring of the wicked cut off,
Psalm 37:39-40
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Taw
39 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord,
their refuge in a time of distress.(A)
40 The Lord helps and rescues them,
rescues and saves them from the wicked,
because they take refuge in him.
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