Latest / Pastor John Piper's answers / Psalm_037
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- 0:03Speaker 1: Psalm thirty seven by David. Don't fret because of evil doers.
- 0:08Speaker 1: Neither be envious against those who work on righteousness, for
- 0:12Speaker 1: they shall soon be cut down like the grass and
- 0:15Speaker 1: wither like the green herb. Trust in Yahweh and do good,
- 0:19Speaker 1: dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Also delight
- 0:23Speaker 1: yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires
- 0:26Speaker 1: of your heart. Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also
- 0:29Speaker 1: in him, and he will do this. He will make
- 0:32Speaker 1: your righteousness go forth as delight, and your justice as
- 0:35Speaker 1: the noonday sun. Rest in Yahweh and wait patiently for him.
- 0:40Speaker 1: Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way,
- 0:43Speaker 1: because of the man who makes wicked plots happen, cease
- 0:46Speaker 1: from anger and forsake wrath. Don't fret. It leads only
- 0:50Speaker 1: to evil doing, for evil doers shall be cut off.
- 0:53Speaker 1: But those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land
- 0:56Speaker 1: for yet a little while, and the wicked will be
- 0:58Speaker 1: no more. Yes, you look for his place, he isn't there.
- 1:02Speaker 1: But the humble shall inherit the land and shall delight
- 1:05Speaker 1: themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plots against
- 1:09Speaker 1: the just, and gnashes in him with his teeth. The
- 1:12Speaker 1: Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his
- 1:15Speaker 1: day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword
- 1:18Speaker 1: and have bent their bow to cast down the poor
- 1:20Speaker 1: and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.
- 1:23Speaker 1: Their swords shall enter into their own heart. Their bows
- 1:27Speaker 1: shall be broken. Better is the little that the righteous
- 1:30Speaker 1: has than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms
- 1:33Speaker 1: of the wicked shall be broken. But Yahweh upholds the righteous.
- 1:37Speaker 1: Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall
- 1:41Speaker 1: be forever. They shall not be put to shame. In
- 1:43Speaker 1: the time of evil, in the days of famine, they
- 1:46Speaker 1: shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish. The enemies
- 1:50Speaker 1: of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields.
- 1:53Speaker 1: They will vanish, vanish like smoke. The wicked borrow and
- 1:57Speaker 1: don't pay back. But the righteous give generous life. For
- 2:00Speaker 1: such as are blessed by Him shall inherit the land.
- 2:03Speaker 1: Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
- 2:06Speaker 1: A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in
- 2:10Speaker 1: his way. Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for
- 2:13Speaker 1: Yahweh holds him up with his hand. I have been
- 2:16Speaker 1: young and now am old. Yet I have not seen
- 2:19Speaker 1: the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread all
- 2:23Speaker 1: day long. He deals graciously in lends. His seed is blest.
- 2:28Speaker 1: Depart from evil and do good. Lives securely forever. For
- 2:32Speaker 1: Yahweh loves justice and does not forsake his saints. They
- 2:35Speaker 1: are preserved forever. But the children of the wicked shall
- 2:38Speaker 1: be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land and
- 2:41Speaker 1: live in it forever. The mouth of the righteous talks
- 2:45Speaker 1: of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice. The law of God
- 2:48Speaker 1: is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.
- 2:51Speaker 1: The wicked watches the righteous and seeks to kill him.
- 2:55Speaker 1: Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn
- 2:57Speaker 1: him when he is judged. Wait for ye, Yahweh, and
- 3:00Speaker 1: keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit
- 3:03Speaker 1: the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall
- 3:06Speaker 1: see it. I have seen the wicked in great power,
- 3:09Speaker 1: spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
- 3:12Speaker 1: But he passed away, And behold he was not. Yes,
- 3:16Speaker 1: I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark
- 3:19Speaker 1: the perfect man and see the upright, for there is
- 3:22Speaker 1: a future for the man of peace. As for transgressors,
- 3:25Speaker 1: they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked
- 3:28Speaker 1: shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous
- 3:32Speaker 1: is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold. In the time
- 3:34Speaker 1: of trouble. Yahweh helps them and rescues them. He rescues
- 3:39Speaker 1: them from the wicked and saves them because they have
- 3:41Speaker 1: taken refuge in Him.