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Psalm 37:18
The LORD knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.
17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18The LORD knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
19They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of the LORD shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.
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Days pass, possessions can vanish, and this promise locates lasting security in YHWH’s knowledge of the righteous and their enduring inheritance.
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2 Timothy 2:19However, God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from …Both passages speak of the Lord knowing his people and connect belonging to him with a righteous life.
Psalm 1:6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.The LORD knows the righteous in both psalms: their days in Psalm 37 and their way in Psalm 1.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Psalm 37 speaks of an inheritance lasting forever; Romans names eternal life in Christ Jesus as God’s free gift.
Psalm 103:17But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,Both describe something enduring for God’s people: an inheritance forever and the LORD’s loving kindness from everlasting to everlasting.
Psalm 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.God’s knowledge is personal in both passages, encompassing the days of the righteous and the sufferer’s soul in adversity.
Revelation 11:3–5I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”The shared word is days: the LORD knows the righteous person’s days, while the witnesses prophesy for a stated span.
1 Peter 1:4–5to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,Both passages describe an enduring inheritance; Peter specifies that it does not fade away and is reserved in Heaven.
Psalm 73:24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.Both speak of a future for those under God’s care: an enduring inheritance in Psalm 37 and reception into glory in Psalm 73.
Ephesians 1:11We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,Inheritance links the passages: Psalm 37 declares its permanence, while Ephesians speaks of its assignment according to God’s purpose.
Isaiah 60:21Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.Both connect righteousness with an inheritance lasting forever; Isaiah names the land and says God will be glorified.
Deuteronomy 33:25Your bars will be iron and bronze. As your days, so your strength will be.Both speak of a person’s days, with Psalm 37 declaring God’s knowledge and Deuteronomy promising strength to match those days.
1 John 2:25This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.An inheritance that lasts forever shares the enduring horizon of the promised eternal life named in 1 John.
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The surrounding lines describe these people as righteous, even when they have little. God knows their days, and their inheritance outlasts the wealth that seems so secure.
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