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Psalm 37:5

Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

3Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
4Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
6he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
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“Commit your way” reaches beyond a single request to the course of your life, while the promise leaves the action in YHWH’s hands.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.Both command trust in the LORD; Proverbs adds that this trust involves the whole heart and limits reliance on your own understanding.
1 Peter 5:7casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.Committing your way and casting your worries both direct what concerns you toward God; Peter names his care as the reason.
Psalm 55:22Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.Both tell you to entrust something to the LORD and attach a promise of his action to that trust.
Proverbs 16:3Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.Both use the command to commit something to the LORD: your way in the psalm, your deeds in Proverbs.
Philippians 4:6–7In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.Both turn life's concerns toward God: the psalm through commitment and trust, Philippians through requests made in prayer with thanksgiving.
Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more …The connection is broad: the psalm addresses entrusting your way to God, while Jesus addresses anxiety about life's bodily needs.
James 4:15For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.”Both place your intended course under the Lord's authority; James makes that dependence explicit in speaking about future plans.
Job 22:28You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.Both speak about a person's way and future outcomes, though Eliphaz's words lack this verse's command to trust the LORD.
Luke 12:29–30“Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.The connection is limited: Luke addresses anxiety over food and drink, while the psalm speaks of trusting God with your whole way.
Psalm 22:8“He trusts in the LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”Trust in the LORD links these verses, though Psalm 22 puts that trust on the lips of mockers demanding rescue.
Lamentations 3:37Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?Both locate decisive action with the Lord: the psalm promises he will act, while Lamentations says events depend on his command.
Luke 12:22He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.Both address how to face your life: the psalm commands trust in God, while Jesus tells his disciples to forgo anxiety.
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Something small to carry out of this verse

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Encouragement

The next line names what God will do: bring righteousness and justice into the light. Your trust rests in YHWH, whose judgment reaches beyond present appearances.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).