“But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.”
The psalmist declares 'The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.' The assertion that salvation comes from God and that God is the stronghold of the righteous in trouble encapsulates the central message: ultimate security and vindication belong to the righteous through God's intervention. This verse affirms the conclusion that God is the sure foundation.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:39
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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