“For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.”
The psalmist affirms 'For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.' The contrast suggests that God actively supports and strengthens the righteous while weakening the wicked. The verb 'upholds' suggests sustained divine support. This verse establishes that God actively intervenes in favor of the righteous.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:17
On the first part of the psalm. 1. With terror do they hear of the coming of the last day, who will not be secure by living well: and who fain would live ill, long. But it was for useful purposes that God willed that day to remain unknown; that the heart may be ever ready to expect that of which it knows it is to come, but knows not when it is to come. Seeing, however, that our Lord Jesus Christ was sent to us to be our “Master,” He said, that “of the day not even the Son of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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