Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. I. THE CASE SUPPOSED. This psalm represents the case, to wit, the flourishing condition of the wicked to the great prejudice and hazard of God's people. He persuades us, in such instances, to confidence in God and patience in well-doing; and discovers the estate of pious and ungodly men to be as different, not only in the world to come, but through God's just judgment many times even in this life, as their principles and practices have been. II. THE DIRECTION, OR COUNSEL. 1. Committing our way unto the Lord, though it may be taken to signify the same as casting our burden upon Him (Psalm 55:22), and casting our care upon Him (1 Peter 5:7), yet, as "way "doth in Scripture use denote the course of life, the method and order of our conversation, I take it to comprehend these three things. (1) An entire obedience to the Word of God, as the rule of our actions. (2) A meek submission to the will of God, which governs human affairs. (3) A regular walking in the duties of our particular calling; leaving the rest, as things which we are not immediately concerned in, to God Almighty's disposal. 2. Trusting in God imports — (1) A fiducial reliance upon His wisdom and goodness in the care and conduct of our persons, and of all our concerns. (2) A declaration of that our dependence upon Him in earnest and frequent prayer. (3) And withal honest endeavours of our own for our preservation, in the use of all lawful means; holding ourselves still in that station wherein God hath placed us, and leaving the event to Him. (A. Littleton, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.WEB: Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: |
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