“For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.”
The psalmist declares 'Those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be cut off.' The contrast between blessing and curse, inheritance and severance, establishes that God's favor determines fate. The verb 'inherit the land' suggests permanent security and establishment. This verse affirms that God's blessing and curse determine the ultimate outcome.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:22
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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