Psalms 37:3 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 37:3

Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

KJV

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ASV

Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed onhisfaithfulness.

WEB

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

YLT

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

DBT

Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness;

About this book

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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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Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Jeremiah 17:7–8
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
Malachi 3:10
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Matthew 6:31–33
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

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, 10, 20, 35, 36, 38 ) and the salvation and protection which the righteous are sure of from all the malicious designs of the wicked,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

(1.) It is required that we trust in the Lord and do good, that we confide in God and conform to him. The life of religion lies much in a believing reliance on God, his favour, his providence, his promise, his grace, and a diligent care to serve him and our generation, according to his will.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. The instructions here given are very plain; much need not be said for the exposition of them, but there is a great deal to be done for the reducing of them to practice, and there they will look best. We are here cautioned against discontent at the prosperity and success of evil-doers (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He has not promised to gratify all the appetites of the body and the humours of the fancy, but to grant all the desires of the heart, all the cravings of the renewed sanctified soul. What is the desire of the heart of a good man? It is this, to know, and love, and live to God, to please him and to be pleased in him.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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