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Psalms 37:25

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Psalms 37:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 37:25

Theological / Devotional

Now am old. The psalmist’s own witness from a life of careful observation and experience. The verse indicates that the psalmist wrote the psalm in his latter years. He cannot mean that the righteous have no privations, but rather that they are not forsaken of God as they pass through times of suffering. Ultimately they prosper, for their descendants are provided for. The psalmist is uttering a general truth: true religion makes men industrious and independent and saves them from the necessity of begging for subsistence. For the opposite picture, see Job 15:20, 23.

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