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Psalm 37:5–6

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37:5Commit your future to the Lord!7

Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.8

37:6He will vindicate you in broad daylight,

and publicly defend your just cause.9

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Psalm 37:5–6: Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

Footnotes

  1. 7 Heb “roll your way upon the Lord.” The noun “way” may refer here to one’s activities or course of life.
  2. 8 Heb “he will act.” Verse 6 explains what is meant; the Lord will vindicate those who trust in him.
  3. 9 Heb “and he will bring out like light your vindication, and your just cause like noonday.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Commit your way to the Lord;

trust in him, and he will act.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

and your justice as the noonday.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Commit your way to the Lord;

trust in him and he will do this:

He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,

your vindication like the noonday sun.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Commit your way to the Lord;

trust in him, and he will act,

making your righteousness shine like the dawn,

your justice like the noonday.

NLTNew Living Translation

Commit everything you do to the Lord.

Trust him, and he will help you.

He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,

and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Commit to Yahweh your way;

Trust also on him and he will act.

Then he will bring forth your righteousness like the light,

and your justice like the noonday.

KJV 1900King James Version

Commit thy way unto the Lord;

Trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,

And thy judgment as the noonday.