“And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.”
The psalmist promises that God will 'make your vindication shine like the light and your justice like the noonday sun.' The imagery of light emphasizes the clarity and visibility of vindication: what may appear hidden will eventually be revealed. The comparison to noonday suggests brightness that cannot be missed or misunderstood. This verse assures that God's justice will ultimately be made manifest.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:6
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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