Parallel Verses English Standard Version He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. King James Bible And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. American Standard Version And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day. Douay-Rheims Bible And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. English Revised Version Add he shall make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Webster's Bible Translation And he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day. Psalm 37:6 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament(Heb.: 36:11-13) Now for the first time, in the concluding hexastich, after complaint and commendation comes the language of prayer. The poet prays that God would lengthen out, i.e., henceforth preserve (משׁך, as in Psalm 109:12), such mercy to His saints; that the foot of arrogance, which is conceived of as a tyrant, may not come suddenly upon him (בּוא, as in Psalm 35:8), and that the hand of the wicked may not drive him from his home into exile (cf. Psalm 10:18). With חסד alternates צדקה, which, on its merciful side, is turned towards them that now God, and bestows upon them the promised gracious reward. Whilst the Psalmist is thus praying, the future all at once becomes unveiled to him. Certain in his own mind that his prayer will be heard, he sees the adversaries of God and of His saints for ever overthrown. שׁם, as in Psalm 14:5, points to the place where the judgment is executed. The preterites are prophetic, as in Psalm 14:5; Psalm 64:8-10. The poet, like Isaiah (Isaiah 26:14), beholds the whole tribe of the oppressors of Jahve's Church changed into a field of corpses, without hope of any rising again. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge he shall Psalm 31:20 You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man... light Cross References Job 11:17 And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. Psalm 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Isaiah 58:8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Isaiah 58:10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. Jeremiah 51:10 The LORD has brought about our vindication; come, let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. Micah 7:9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication. Jump to Previous Cause Dawn Forth Judgment Justice Light Noon Noonday Noon-Day Right Righteousness Shine Shining Sun VindicationJump to Next Cause Dawn Forth Judgment Justice Light Noon Noonday Noon-Day Right Righteousness Shine Shining Sun VindicationLinks Psalm 37:6 NIVPsalm 37:6 NLT Psalm 37:6 ESV Psalm 37:6 NASB Psalm 37:6 KJV Psalm 37:6 Bible Apps Psalm 37:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 37:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 37:6 French Bible Psalm 37:6 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |