Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. New Living Translation Trust in the LORD and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. English Standard Version Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Berean Standard Bible Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. King James Bible Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. New King James Version Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. New American Standard Bible Trust in the LORD and do good; Live in the land and cultivate faithfulness. NASB 1995 Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. NASB 1977 Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Legacy Standard Bible Trust in Yahweh and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Amplified Bible Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness. Christian Standard Bible Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. Holman Christian Standard Bible Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. American Standard Version Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Hope in God and do good, dwell in the land and seek faithfulness. Brenton Septuagint Translation Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it. Contemporary English Version Trust the LORD and live right! The land will be yours, and you will be safe. Douay-Rheims Bible Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches. English Revised Version Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and follow after faithfulness. GOD'S WORD® Translation Trust the LORD, and do good things. Live in the land, and practice being faithful. Good News Translation Trust in the LORD and do good; live in the land and be safe. International Standard Version Trust in the LORD and do good. Dwell in the land and feed on faithfulness. JPS Tanakh 1917 Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness. Literal Standard Version Trust in YHWH, and do good, | Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness, Majority Standard Bible Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. New American Bible Trust in the LORD and do good that you may dwell in the land and live secure. NET Bible Trust in the LORD and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity! New Revised Standard Version Trust in the LORD, and do good; so you will live in the land, and enjoy security. New Heart English Bible Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. Webster's Bible Translation Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. World English Bible Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. Young's Literal Translation Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong…2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants. 3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. 4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.… Cross References Deuteronomy 30:20 and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." Psalm 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD. Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah Psalm 115:9 O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. Isaiah 57:13 When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain." Treasury of Scripture Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed. Trust Psalm 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. Psalm 26:1 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. Isaiah 1:16-19 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; … so shalt Genesis 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 1 Samuel 26:19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. Hebrews 11:13-16 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth… verily [heb. Psalm 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Psalm 34:9,10 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him… Matthew 6:31-33 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? … Jump to Previous Cherish Cultivate Dwell Enjoy Faith Faithfulness Fed Feed Good Pasture Rest Righteousness Safe Security Trust VerilyJump to Next Cherish Cultivate Dwell Enjoy Faith Faithfulness Fed Feed Good Pasture Rest Righteousness Safe Security Trust VerilyPsalm 37 1. David persuades to patience and confidence in God, 12. by the different estate of the godly and the wicked (3) The alphabetic structure helps the poet to make an emphatic threefold exhortation to piety. Trust in Jehovah; commit thy way to Jehovah; rest in Jehovah. So shalt thou dwell . . .--The Authorised Version is quite right in taking the verbs in this clause as futures. (Comp. Psalm 37:11; Psalm 37:18; Psalm 37:22.) Emigration, when referred to by the prophets (Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 35:15), is always represented as compulsory, and it was a promise of preservation from it, not a warning against it, that the pious Israelite needed. . . . Verse 3. - Trust in the Lord, and do good. Notwithstanding any difficulty which the prosperity of the wicked causes thee, trust thou still in the Lord; be sure that his providence watches over thee, and endeavour still to serve him by "doing good." So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed; rather, dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness (Kay); i.e. remain where thou art, and be satisfied with the thought of God's faithfulness. Feed on this.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Trustבְּטַ֣ח (bə·ṭaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure in the LORD בַּֽ֭יהוָה (Yah·weh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and do וַעֲשֵׂה־ (wa·‘ă·śêh-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make good; ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good dwell שְׁכָן־ (šə·ḵān-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell in the land אֶ֝֗רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and cultivate וּרְעֵ֥ה (ū·rə·‘êh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with faithfulness. אֱמוּנָֽה׃ (’ĕ·mū·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 530: Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity Links Psalm 37:3 NIVPsalm 37:3 NLT Psalm 37:3 ESV Psalm 37:3 NASB Psalm 37:3 KJV Psalm 37:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 37:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 37:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 37:3 French Bible Psalm 37:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 37:3 Trust in Yahweh and do good (Psalm Ps Psa.) |