{"id":1300,"date":"2012-05-30T13:21:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T20:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:35:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:35:54","slug":"psalm-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/30\/psalm-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%2037&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"new\">Psalm 37<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This psalm is an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/11\/acrostics\/\" target=\"new\">acrostic<\/a>, having two verses for each letter except for one verse seven (\u05d3), verse twenty (\u05db), and verse thirty-four (\u05e7). Another oddity in this acrostic is the two times when the verse begins with the wrong letter where, \u05dc taking the place of \u05e2, and \u05d5 of \u05ea. Again, this shows how difficult it is to create an acrostic that displays a singular topic. With that in mind, the chapter is difficult to outline but is contained in the first eight verses. The rest of the psalm is an expansion on these few verses. The formula for peace of mind from this psalm is to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>neither fret nor envious (1)<\/li>\n<li>but trust and do good (3)<\/li>\n<li>then delight thyself also in the Lord\u00a0(4)<\/li>\n<li>commit your ways to God because you trust Him (5)<\/li>\n<li>rest and wait patiently and don\u2019t fret (7, Cf.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/03\/21\/psalm-103\/\" target=\"new\">Psalm 103<\/a>\u00a0along with a written sermon on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/teach4god.com\/papers\/sermons\/97\/122897.htm\" target=\"new\">Forgiveness<\/a>\u00a0from Psalm 103)<\/li>\n<li>cease from anger, forsake wrath, and don\u2019t fret (8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The word\u00a0<em>fret<\/em>\u00a0occurs three times in the first eight verses and is key to the psalm. The origin of the word\u00a0<em>fret<\/em>\u00a0means to \u201ceat into, gnaw, corrode, or be eaten away, become corroded, decay\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/12\/817\/\" target=\"new\">Bridges, 1997<\/a>). This is what worry does to us, it eats away all that is healthy until there is no longer health. This is why we are called to wait on the Lord, which is the cure for fretting or anxiety. If you read Paul\u2019s admonition to the Christians at Philippi in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians%204.1-9&amp;version=NASB\" target=\"new\">Philippians 4.1-9<\/a>, you will notice that he instructs them not to focus on that which eats away at them but to focus on that which builds them up and strengthens them.<\/p>\n<p>Verses 21-22 describe what it means to be generous as the Lord is generous. Whether we have the funds we desire, we are called to give as the Lord gave us. With this attitude, we can be assured that God will care for us. If you desire more discussion on finances, post a request. What does verse twenty-one inform us concerning bankruptcy?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Media<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lQvgRRM_sDw&amp;feature=related\" target=\"new\">Psalm 37 by Jas Knight featuring Shai Linne<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 37 This psalm is an\u00a0acrostic, having two verses for each letter except for one verse seven (\u05d3), verse twenty (\u05db), and verse thirty-four (\u05e7). Another oddity in this acrostic is the two times when the verse begins with the wrong letter where, \u05dc taking the place of \u05e2, and \u05d5 of \u05ea. Again, this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/30\/psalm-37\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Psalm 37&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-studies","category-psalms","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1306,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions\/1306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}