“And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.”
The psalm concludes with the declaration 'The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.' The repetition of 'delivers' and 'saves' emphasizes the comprehensive nature of God's deliverance. The condition 'because they take refuge in him' establishes that the salvation promised is available to those who rely on God. The psalm ends by affirming that those who seek shelter in God will experience complete deliverance from all threats.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:40
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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