“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.”
The psalmist declares 'The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him.' The affirmation that God makes firm the steps suggests divine guidance and support. The verb 'delight' emphasizes that God sustains those whose joy is found in God. This verse establishes that those who love God receive divine direction and support.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:23
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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