Psalms 37:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Psalms 37:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 16:3
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Philippians 4:6-7
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. …
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Psalms 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

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. I. We are here cautioned against discontent at the prosperity and success of evil-doers (Ps. 37:1, 2): Fret not thyself, neither be thou envious. We may suppose that David speaks this to himself first…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. Commit thy way--(Pr 16:3). Works--what you have to do and cannot set forth as a burden. trust ... in him--literally, “on Him.” He will do what you cannot (compare Psa 22:8; 31:6). He will not suffer your character to remain under suspicion.