“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”
The psalmist observes 'The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously.' The contrast between borrowing without repaying and generous giving establishes the difference in character: the wicked seize what is not theirs, while the righteous give what is theirs. This verse suggests that generosity and trustworthiness characterize the righteous.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:21
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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