17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.
17 For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God-strong.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the Lord upholds the righteous.
17 For the strength of the wicked will be shattered, but the Lord takes care of the godly.
4 Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
4 Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.
4 Oh, look! God's right here helping! God's on my side,
4 Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life.
4 But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive!
(Read Psalm 54:4-7)
Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and no more, which God makes it to be. The Lord will in due time save his people, and in the mean time he sustains them, and bears them up, so that the spirit he has made shall not fail. There is truth in God's threatenings, as well as in his promises; sinners that repent not, will find it so to their cost. David's present deliverance was an earnest of further deliverance. He speaks of the completion of his deliverance as a thing done, though he had as yet many troubles before him; because, having God's promise for it, he was as sure of it as if it was done already. The Lord would deliver him out of all his troubles. May he help us to bear our cross without repining, and at length bring us to share his victories and glory. Christians never should suffer the voice of praise and thanksgiving to cease in the church of the redeemed.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 37:17
Commentary on Psalm 37:7-20
(Read Psalm 37:7-20)
Let us be satisfied that God will make all to work for good to us. Let us not discompose ourselves at what we see in this world. A fretful, discontented spirit is open to many temptations. For, in all respects, the little which is allotted to the righteous, is more comfortable and more profitable than the ill-gotten and abused riches of ungodly men. It comes from a hand of special love. God provides plentifully and well, not only for his working servants, but for his waiting servants. They have that which is better than wealth, peace of mind, peace with God, and then peace in God; that peace which the world cannot give, and which the world cannot have. God knows the believer's days. Not one day's work shall go unrewarded. Their time on earth is reckoned by days, which will soon be numbered; but heavenly happiness shall be for ever. This will be a real support to believers in evil times. Those that rest on the Rock of ages, have no reason to envy the wicked the support of their broken reeds.