“Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.”
The psalmist declares 'Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.' The acknowledgment that the righteous may stumble suggests that they are not perfect and do fall into difficulty. However, the promise that they will not fall utterly suggests divine intervention that prevents total defeat. This verse provides comfort to those who stumble, assuring them that God's hand will sustain them.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:24
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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