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Psalms 37:21

King James Version (KJV)

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

Psalms 37:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 37:21

Theological / Devotional

Righteous sheweth mercy. Verses 21 and 22 are two couplets of antithetic parallelism (see p. 24) contrasting the character and condition of the wicked and the righteous. The wicked cannot pay their debts; the righteous have enough for charitable uses (see the promise of Deut. 15:6; Deut. 28:12, 44).

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