Please open your Bibles to Psalm 37. We will just go through as much as we can of this Psalm today. It does not matter how far we get, we will just try to glorify the Lord and speak of the true Gospel in everything that we say. I will not read the whole Psalm. I will just read some verses out of the beginning and then some verses from the end. We read in Psalm 37:1-11:
A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in JEHOVAH, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in JEHOVAH; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto JEHOVAH; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in JEHOVAH, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon JEHOVAH, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Then moving down to verse 27, we read in Psalm 37:27-40:
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. For JEHOVAH loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. JEHOVAH will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Wait on JEHOVAH, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is of JEHOVAH: he is their strength in the time of trouble. And JEHOVAH shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
We worked through this Psalm here a couple of years ago, but we are always learning. For the true believer, our knowledge is always growing because of what is referred to as progressive revelation. As time goes on, God reveals more and more of His truth from His Bible, especially in these days as we are learning so much more about time and about judgment. For example, we have learned recently about eternal damnation, that there will be no place called “hell” where the unsaved are kept forever to be eternally punished, and we are beginning to see this more and more wherever we read in the Bible.
So starting at the beginning of Psalm 37, we read again in Psalm 37:1-2:
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Look now at verse 9, Psalm 37:9:
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon JEHOVAH, they shall inherit the earth.
This word “cut off” is a word that is sometimes translated as “destroy” or “perish.”
Look now at verse 10, Psalm 37:10:
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
If God is going to put down sin, this means that there is not going to be any place where wicked people will still exist, whether it be in some kind of eternal punishment or not. God is going to completely cut off the wicked. He makes it clear that the place of the wicked shall not be.
Look now at verse 20, Psalm 37:20:
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of JEHOVAH shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
And verse 28, Psalm 37:28:
For JEHOVAH loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Again, we see this same word “cut off.”
Now look at verse 34, Psalm 37:34:
Wait on JEHOVAH, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Or look at verses 35-36, Psalm 37:35-36:
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
And verse 38, Psalm 37:38:
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Again, we see this same word.
We are also learning as we go on that most of the time in the Bible when God speaks of the wicked or when He speaks of sinners, He is not speaking of those out there in the world that claim no relationship to God. He is instead speaking of those who claim to have a relationship to the Lord God of the Bible.
We will see this as we examine verse 35, Psalm 37:35:
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
In this phrase “green bay tree,” the word “green” means “luxurious” or “fat.” Its meaning relates to something that is healthy and growing. This phrase “bay tree” is actually a word that means “to be native born.” It is translated elsewhere as “born in the land.”
So what He is saying here is that He has:
…seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like [one born in the land].
Its meaning is one who is like a true believer.
For those of you who use a concordance to study individual words as you study the Bible, you can look up this word. If you do, you will find that in every reference except this one, it refers to someone who is native born or “born in the land.” It is speaking of being a true believer, being an Israelite.
Turn now to Exodus 12. He is speaking there about keeping the Passover. In Exodus 12:45, He says:
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
Only the Israelites—who were pictures of the true believers—were to eat of the Passover, and the Passover certainly represented the suffering of Christ in the Atonement.
We read next in Exodus 12:46-47:
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
This is the point that He is making. Then we read in verse 48, Exodus 12:48:
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to JEHOVAH, let all his males be circumcised…
This is another figure of salvation. The stranger is to be circumcised. He is to be saved to be brought into the commonwealth of Israel, as it were.
It continues:
…let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land…
Do you see the principle here? This phrase “born in the land” is the same word as in Psalm 37 where they translated it for some reason as “bay tree.” It is speaking of one who is born in the land or native born.
It continues:
…he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
An unsaved person was not to eat of the Passover. He was not to partake of that Passover. It was only for true believers.
This is what Psalm 37:35 is really saying:
I have seen the wicked in great power…
They are in the church, they are among the people of God, and they are spreading themselves as one that is born in the land, as one native born.
Let us now go back to the beginning of Psalm 37 once more. We read in Psalm 37:3:
Trust in JEHOVAH, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
How do we do good? We cannot do any good really. We cannot do anything that is pleasing to God. But God has given us His Word. He has given us His commandments and we are to try to keep them as best we can. We are commanded all through the Bible to seek after the Lord, but we can only do good in the eyes of the Lord if we are saved and if we are robed with Christ’s righteousness. We read all through the Bible that we are to “trust in JEHOVAH, and do good” and “keep His commandments.”
Again, Psalm 37:3 says:
…so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Here is another principle that we find in many places in the Bible. In this Psalm, it speaks of dwelling in the land, and we are always trying to reach out to those who are still in the church. This is not universal, but most of those who are in the church believe in this idea of a millennium, which is that Christ is going to come and reign on this earth for a thousand years. They still believe that there is something special about that physical land of Israel over there in the Middle East and that Christ is going to come back and reign from there and that the Jews are then going to evangelize the whole world.
Back in Genesis 17, the Lord told Abraham that his seed was going to inherit the land of Canaan, which was a figure of inheriting the Kingdom of God. The land of Canaan was a figure of salvation. It was a figure of the Kingdom of God. This is what that physical land of Israel represented. In Genesis 17:7, God is speaking to Abraham and He says:
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
We also read in Romans 9:8 that Abraham’s seed, all of his descendants, were a figure of the true believers.
Then Genesis 17:8 says:
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
God cannot give that physical land of Canaan for an everlasting possession to anyone because we know that this earth is going to be destroyed by fire.
Romans 9:8 is actually explained in Romans 4, which is a commentary on Genesis 17 as well. We read in Romans 4:13:
For the promise…
This is speaking of the promises that God gave to Abraham.
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world…
God uses the phrase here “heir of the world.” This is the way in which God teaches us that we have to compare Scripture with Scripture. The land of Canaan, that physical land of Canaan, represented “the new heavens and the new earth,” which all of Abraham’s seed, the true believers, will inherit.
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law…
The promise would not be fulfilled by man keeping God’s commandments. It was fulfilled:
…through the righteousness of faith.
Let us now return back to Psalm 37 and look at how many times He says this. We read in Psalm 37:3:
Trust in JEHOVAH, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Remember that this is not speaking of the physical land. It is speaking of the Kingdom of God.
Look now at Psalm 37:9-11:
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon JEHOVAH…
These would be the true believers.
…they shall inherit the earth.
Do you see how He changes it to the word “earth” here? It continues:
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Look now at Psalm 37:18:
JEHOVAH knoweth the days of the upright…
The “upright” are those who are righteous before Him.
JEHOVAH knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever.
He is speaking of eternal life.
Look now at Psalm 37:22:
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
Now go down to Psalm 37:27:
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
He says it very simply here. He is speaking of eternal life. He is not speaking of the physical land of Canaan.
Look now at Psalm 37:29:
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
That land simply represented the Kingdom of God.
Then we read in Psalm 37:34:
Wait on JEHOVAH, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Do you see how many times God speaks about “the land” and then relates it to eternal life? This is the way in which He teaches us in the Bible.
As God is opening up the Scriptures of our day, the churches should be learning that there will be no millennium. This doctrine states that Christ will return to earth and reign here a thousand years from Jerusalem. But this is a sad error that these churches hold onto. It is full of holes and it does not align with the rest of Scripture at all.
For one thing, God tells us that He is “no respecter of persons.” If He were to come and reign on this earth from Jerusalem, it would mean that God was a respecter of persons in that He had two different salvation plans: one for those who were blood descendents of Abraham and another for those coming in during the New Testament period after the cross.
But we have also learned something else recently that gives us even more assurance that this is wrong because all of the true believers were saved from the foundation of the world. This is another way that this doctrine of a millennium is an erroneous doctrine, and we should be reaching out to those who are still in the churches to try to show them these things.
The Bible teaches that God is done with the nation of Israel. When He cursed the fig tree near the end of His ministry, it was a figure of national Israel, His corporate body, His corporate representation on this earth as being a figure of His people whom He was done with corporately.
The Bible also speaks of this in Isaiah 6 in that vision that Isaiah had. Most of the prophets of the Old Testament testify to the fact that God is going to put away national Israel as His people. In Isaiah 6, we will read starting in verse 9. Isaiah 6:9 says:
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
He is literally speaking to Israel here. This prefigures the New Testament church that would also be blinded because they had not respected the Word of God or looked at it as the Word of God, as they brought in all of these man-made doctrines like salvation by works, etc.
Then Isaiah 6:10-11 says:
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Then said I, Lord, how long?…
Here Isaiah is asking Him, “How long?”
…And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
It is going to be until the end of the world that Israel will be blinded and will not corporately have Christ as their Saviour.
Then Isaiah 6:12 says:
And JEHOVAH have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
But then we see His grace in verse 13, as Isaiah 6:13 says:
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
He is saying here that in His mercy, there will be a remnant from among these people who will be saved.
Another error concerning this doctrine of a millennium is that it denies that the Bible is written in parables. It completely misses the point that God used the nation of Israel as a figure of the true believers. People develop this doctrine mostly from a verse that we find in Revelation 20 where it speaks of a thousand years. From this chapter, they erroneously came to the conclusion that it was speaking of a thousand-year reign of Christ on this earth. But again, those “thousand years” are figurative. We must never forget that God has written the Bible in parables; therefore, we are to search these things out and compare Scripture with Scripture.
We have gotten a little away from Psalm 37, so let us return there. We read next in Psalm 37:4:
Delight thyself also in JEHOVAH; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
If we turn to Psalm 27:4, we read there of how it speaks of the desire of the true believer. Psalm 27:4 says:
One thing have I desired of JEHOVAH, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of JEHOVAH all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of JEHOVAH, and to enquire in his temple.
A testimony of being a true believer is that his desire is toward the Lord above all.
We read next in Psalm 37:5-6 where it says:
Commit thy way unto JEHOVAH; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
I am not certain as to whether or not He is speaking of the righteousness that we have in Christ, that this is what will be brought forth as it is manifested in the true believers. But then He might be speaking of Christ when He finally does come in judgment, that the Lord will bring forth the righteousness of Christ at that time because He is our righteousness.
We read in Psalm 37:6:
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
And in Jeremiah 23:5-6, it says:
Behold, the days come, saith JEHOVAH, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Then in Psalm 37:7, we read:
Rest in JEHOVAH, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
We could do whole studies on the word “wait” in relation to how we must wait on the Lord. We are not accustomed to waiting for anything. We want everything faster and faster. But a true believer learns patience. He knows that God is his hope, and so He waits on the Lord. We are commanded to wait on God for salvation. But once saved, we also wait for the completion of our salvation and our new resurrected bodies.
Psalm 130 is a beautiful Psalm about waiting on the Lord. This is speaking of salvation, and we read in Psalm 130:1-8:
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O JEHOVAH. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
He says:
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee…
This is speaking of the depths of hell or it is speaking of the depths of the ocean, which is a figure of hell. This is where we all are, and we need salvation.
It continues:
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, JEHOVAH, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for JEHOVAH, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. Let Israel hope in JEHOVAH: for with JEHOVAH there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Again, this principle of waiting on the Lord is in Psalm 37. Maybe you noticed this as it spoke several times of waiting on the Lord.
Continuing in Psalm 37, we read in Psalm 37:8-11:
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off…
Then we read once again that we are commanded to wait:
…but those that wait upon JEHOVAH, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
We know from Romans 5:10 that before salvation, we do not have peace. We are not at peace with God. Instead, we are the enemies of God. Romans 5:10 says:
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Before salvation, God speaks of us as His enemies, yet now we read here in Psalm 37:11:
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Then Psalm 37:12-13 says:
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
And here we are now learning more about God’s impending judgment.
If we turn to Colossians 3:16, it speaks there of singing songs to one another and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Colossians 3:16 says:
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
As we come here on a Sunday morning, we sing these faithful hymns. Many of these hymns are beautiful, and yet they are speaking of judgment. We are to speak to each other teaching and admonishing one another with our hymns. To “admonish” means “to warn in an instructive way.”
These Psalms are the Psalms of God. They are our songs to the Lord. And here in Psalm 37:13 is a verse that speaks of impending judgment as well:
The Lord shall laugh at him…
This is referring to the wicked.
…for he seeth that his day is coming.
Even in these songs of praise, these psalms in the Bible, we are admonishing one another of impending judgment. We should never omit judgment anytime we have a Bible study or anytime we speak of the Scriptures.
Then in Psalm 37:14-15, we read:
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
We could do a whole study on this verse alone in relation to the sword of the wicked and how they will kill each other. The wicked have been killing each other all through time in their anger and in their sin and in how they pervert the Word of God. We read that the sword of the Lord is the Word of God, and yet the wicked pervert it. In this way, they are also killing each other.
Then we read in Psalm 37:16:
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
If you look at Proverbs 15:16, it says basically the same thing. It is the true riches in Christ that we are concerned with. Proverbs 15:16 says:
Better is little with the fear of JEHOVAH than great treasure and trouble therewith.
We know that this is another Biblical principle. All through the Bible, it speaks of not being concerned with the riches of this world. It tells us that we should only seek after the true riches that are in Christ.
Then we read in Psalm 37:17-19:
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but JEHOVAH upholdeth the righteous. JEHOVAH knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Again, this is speaking of eternal life.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
The “evil time” being spoken of here is the day of judgment. “In the days of famine” is referring to the time of Great Tribulation when there is a famine among God’s corporate people in relation to hearing the Word of God, but God’s people will be fed.
What we read in Psalm 37:25 is basically saying the same thing:
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
The bread spoken of here is the Gospel. It is the Bread of Life.
Turn to Psalm 33:18-19. It says there:
Behold, the eye of JEHOVAH is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
This is also speaking of the famine of hearing the Word of God. God’s people will be fed.
Then in Psalm 37:20, we read:
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of JEHOVAH shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
And Psalm 37:21 says:
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
I think if we go a little further, it speaks about lending, so let us continue on.
We read next in Psalm 37:22:
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
Then Psalm 37:23 says:
The steps of a good man are ordered by JEHOVAH: and he delighteth in his way.
This word that is translated “ordered” is also translated as “established” in other places in the Bible. This is the way in which salvation works. It is all of God. He establishes our ways, our goings. He orders our steps upon salvation.
The end of Psalm 37:23 says:
…and he delighteth in his way.
A child of God delights in the way of the Lord.
Then Psalm 37:24 goes on to say:
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for JEHOVAH upholdeth him with his hand.
Let us now turn to 1 Peter 1. Again, this is the way that salvation works. 1 Peter 1 is speaking of a true believer, and we read in 1 Peter 1:5:
Who are kept by the power of God…
So this is the way in which salvation works. We are upheld by God and supported by God, never by our own works or by our own doings.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
We are kept “through faith,” which is the faith of Christ. This could be another study here. But this is the way that salvation works. It is God who upholds us.
Again, Psalm 37:24 says:
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for JEHOVAH upholdeth him with his hand.
Let us now turn to Psalm 73. I am not sure that I can get through this Psalm. Every time I go to read it, I get choked up. Psalm 73 is such a beautiful Psalm. The Psalmist says that he has almost slipped as he looked at the wicked in this world. He envied them, but then he went into the sanctuary of the Lord and he understood the end of the wicked, that there will be a judgment.
We do not have to go into a physical building to enter into the sanctuary of the Lord. The Lord is our sanctuary. Whenever we meditate on the Lord or whenever we read the Bible, we are entering into His sanctuary. The Psalmist realized this in Psalm 73 and became contrite and broken before God.
Psalm 73:22 says:
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
“Beast” here is a figure of an unsaved person.
This beautiful passage begins with the Lord holding us with His hand, as we read in Psalm 73:23:
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Then Psalm 73:24 says:
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
What a beautiful verse. The counsel of the Lord is the Word of God. He guides us with His Word:
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Then we read in Psalm 73:25-26:
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Then back in Psalm 37:25, we read:
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
We just spoke about this.
Look now at Psalm 37:26. It says:
He is ever merciful, and lendeth…
This is speaking of a child of God, as well as of Christ:
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Let us now turn to Proverbs 19:17. If you remember, part of the ceremonial law was that the Israelites were commanded not to lend to their brothers, to fellow Israelites, with usury or with interest. They were to lend to their fellow Israelites free of interest, but they could lend on usury to those outside of Israel. Again, this is a figure of the true believers and those outside of the Kingdom of God. Proverbs 19:17 says:
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto JEHOVAH; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
What does it mean to have pity upon the poor? It means to take the Gospel into the world. God speaks about this as lending unto Jehovah here in Proverbs 19:17.
This is what it means when it speaks about lending here in Psalm 37:26. It is speaking of taking the Gospel into the world. We read in Psalm 37:26:
He is ever merciful…
A child of God is ever merciful.
…and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Then Psalm 37:27 says:
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Again, all through the Bible, over and over again, we are commanded to “depart from evil,” to put our sins behind us and to seek the Lord for His truth.
Then we read in Psalm 37:29:
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Then in Psalm 37:34, it is speaking of waiting on the Lord. It is so important to wait on the Lord, to have that patience and to know that our help can only come from Him. Psalm 37:34 says:
Wait on JEHOVAH, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
We will close. Our time is up. Could it be that each one hearing this would be edified and taught and blessed by the words of this Psalm and all the principles that it contains. There is still so much more that we could have spoken of.
Shall we pray.
(There was no question/answer session pertaining to this study.)