Psalms 37:17 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 37:17

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

KJV

Parallel translations

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ASV

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

WEB

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

YLT

For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

DBT

for the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

21 verses on the floor

Isaiah 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Psalms 63:8
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Psalms 145:14
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Job 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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28 For the L ORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Even the members of the body needed to hold weapons are destroyed. God, who knows His people's changes, provides against evil and supplies all their need.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Word trails from this verse

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 37:17ISA 41:10 JOS 1:9
PSA 37:17ISA 41:10 ISA 43:1-2
PSA 37:17ISA 41:10 ROM 8:31
PSA 37:17ISA 41:10 DEU 31:6-8
PSA 37:17ISA 41:10 PHP 4:13
PSA 37:17PSA 145:14 PSA 94:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:17ISA 42:1 MAT 12:18-21
PSA 37:17PSA 145:14 PSA 146:8

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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