Saturday, February 24, 2024

The Good Old Days

 Psalm 37:3-8, 11, 16, 18-19, 23-28, 29-31, 34, 37, 39-40

..."Trust in the Lord and do good;

Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Delight yourself in the Lord;

And He will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord,

Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light
And your judgment as the noonday.
 
Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him...


...Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing....

...But the humble will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity...

...Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked...

...The Lord knows the days of the blameless,

And their inheritance will be forever.

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,

And in the days of famine they will have abundance...

...The steps of a man are established by the Lord,

And He delights in his way.

When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,

Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.
 
I have been young and now I am old,

Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

Or his descendants begging bread.

All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.

Depart from evil and do good,

So you will abide forever.

For the Lord loves justice

And does not forsake His godly ones;

They are preserved forever...

...The righteous will inherit the land

And dwell in it forever.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

And his tongue speaks justice.

The law of his God is in his heart;

His steps do not slip...

...Wait for the Lord and keep His way,

And He will exalt you to inherit the land...

...Mark the blameless man, 
and behold the upright;

For the man of peace will have a posterity...

...But the salvation of the righteous 
is from the Lord;

He is their strength in time of trouble.

The Lord helps them and delivers them;

He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,

Because they take refuge in Him."
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