“The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.”
The psalmist declares 'The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.' The assertion that God's law is inscribed in the heart of the righteous suggests that righteousness flows from internal orientation rather than external constraint. The promise that feet do not slip suggests stability and security. This verse establishes that the righteous who have internalized God's law maintain steadfast conduct.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:31
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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