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Selected Verse: Psalms 37:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 37:5 |
King James |
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Commit thy way-- (Pro 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; Psa 31:6). He will not suffer your character to remain under suspicion. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Commit thy way unto the - Lord. Margin, as in Hebrew, "Roll thy way upon, the Lord." Compare the notes at Psa 22:8, where the marg., as the Hebrew, is, "He rolled himself on the Lord." See also Pe1 5:7. The idea is that of rolling a heavy burden from ourselves on another, or laying it upon him, so that he may bear it. The burden which we have not got strength to bear we may lay on God. The term "way" means properly the act of treading or going; then, a way or path; then, a course of life, or the manner in which one lives; and the reference here is to the whole course of life, or all that can affect life; all our plans or conduct; all the issues or results of those plans. It is equivalent here to "lot" or "destiny." Everything, in regard to the manner in which we live, and all its results, are to be committed to the Lord.
Trust also in him - See Psa 37:3.
And he shall bring it to pass - Hebrew, "He shall do it." That is, He will bring it to a proper issue; He will secure a happy result. He will take care of your interests, and will not permit you to suffer, or to be ultimately wronged. The thing particularly referred to here, as appears from the next verse, is reputation or character. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The lxx erroneously renders גּול (= גּל, Psa 22:9) by ἀποκάλυψον instead of ἐπίῤῥιψον, Pe1 5:7 : roll the burden of cares of thy life's way upon Jahve, leave the guidance of thy life entirely to Him, and to Him alone, without doing anything in it thyself: He will gloriously accomplish (all that concerns thee): עשׂה, as in Ps 22:32; 52:11; cf. Pro 16:3, and Paul Gerhardt's Befiehl du deine Wege, "Commit thou all thy ways," etc. The perfect in Psa 37:6 is a continuation of the promissory יעשׂה. הוציא, as in Jer 51:10, signifies to set forth: He will bring to light thy misjudged righteousness like the light (the sun, Job 31:26; Job 37:21, and more especially the morning sun, Pro 4:18), which breaks through the darkness; and thy down-trodden right (משׁפּטך is the pausal form of the singular beside Mugrash) like the bright light of the noon-day: cf. Isa 58:10, as on Psa 37:4, Isa 58:14. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Commit - All thy cares and business, and necessities, commend to God by fervent prayer. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Commit thy way unto the Lord - גול על יהוה gol al Yehovah, Roll thy way upon the Lord: probably, a metaphor taken from the camel, who lies down till his load be rolled upon him.
He shall bring it to pass - יעשה yaaseh, "He will work." Trust God, and he will work for thee. |
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.