“The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.”
The psalmist declares 'The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will endure forever.' The affirmation that God 'knows' the days of the righteous emphasizes divine attention and care. The promise of an inheritance that endures forever suggests permanent security. This verse establishes that the righteous have ultimate security in God's knowledge and care.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:18
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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