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Psalm 37:19 KJV

Psalms · chapter 37 · verse 19

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.Psalm 37:19 · King James Version

Psalm 37:19 in context

17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

18The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

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Commentary

In these verses we have, I. The foregoing precepts inculcated; for we are so apt to disquiet ourselves with needless fruitless discontents and distrusts that it is necessary there should be precept upon precept, and line upon line, to suppress them and arm us against them. 1.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-20

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