Psalms 37:6 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 37:6

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

KJV

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ASV

And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noonday.

WEB

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

YLT

And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.

DBT

and he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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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Isaiah 58:8
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
Job 11:17
And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Micah 7:8–9
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
Matthew 13:43
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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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

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

Retreat thy way unto the Lord (so the LXX.), that is, "By prayer spread thy case, and all thy cares about it, before the Lord" (as Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh, Judg. xi.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Secondly, It is promised that God will, in due time, roll away the reproach they are under, clear up their innocency, and bring forth their righteousness, to their honour, perhaps in this world, at furthest in the great day, Matt. xiii. Note, If we take care to keep a good conscience, we may leave it to God to take care of our good name. Exhortations and Promises.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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