Psalms 37:11 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 37:11

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

KJV

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ASV

But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

WEB

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

YLT

And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

DBT

But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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29 verses on the floor

Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Galatians 5:22–23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Psalms 29:11
The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
James 3:13
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

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): The meek shall inherit the earth. They are in least danger of being injured and disturbed in the possession of what they have and they have most satisfaction in themselves and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature-comforts. Our Saviour has made this a gospel promise, and a confirmation of the blessings he pronounced on the meek, Matt. v. 5 .

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

, 18, 19, 22-25, 28, 29, 37 . He prescribes very good remedies against this sin of envying the prosperity of the wicked, and great encouragement to use those remedies,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Perhaps they have not abundance of wealth to delight in; but they have that which is better, abundance of peace, inward peace and tranquility of mind, peace with God, and then peace in God, that great peace which those have that love God's law, whom nothing shall offend ( Ps. cxix. 165 ), that abundance of peace which is in the kingdom of Christ ( Ps. lxxii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 37:11ISA 26:3 PHP 4:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:11ISA 26:3 JHN 14:27
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:11ISA 26:3 JHN 16:33
PSA 37:11ISA 26:3 JER 17:7-8
PSA 37:11ISA 26:3 PSA 9:10
PSA 37:11JAS 3:13 GAL 5:23
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:11MAT 5:5 COL 3:12
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 37:11MAT 5:5 ISA 29:19

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