“They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.”
The psalmist declares 'In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.' The promise that the righteous will not wither even in disaster suggests internal stability grounded in God. The promise of plenty in famine emphasizes God's provision. This verse assures that God's care for the righteous extends even through severe trials.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:19
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…
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