Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 37:18 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.”
Psalms 37:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD {shall be} as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. {the fat: Heb. the preciousness}
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