Psalms 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
KJV
quoniam iniquitates meæ supergressæ sunt caput meum, et sicut onus grave gravatæ sunt super me.
Vulgate
ὅτι αἱ ἀνομίαι μου ὑπερῆραν τὴν κεφαλήν μου, ὡσεὶ φορτίον βαρὺ ἐβαρύνθησαν ἐπ’ ἐμέ.
LXX
Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
ASV
גּ֣וֹל עַל יְהוָ֣ה דַּרְכֶּ֑/ךָ וּ/בְטַ֥ח עָ֝לָ֗י/ו וְ/ה֣וּא יַעֲשֶֽׂה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
גֹּ֣ל
gl
verb · 18×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on the Gospel of John · 2 passages
1. There is nothing clearer, nothing simpler than the truth, if we deal not perversely; just as (on the other hand) if we deal perversely, nothing is more difficult. For behold, the Scribes and Pharisees, who seemed forsooth to be wiser than other men, being ever with Christ for the sake of plotting against Him, and beholding His miracles, and reading the Scriptures, were nothi…
1. A great thing is love, and stronger than fire itself, and it goes up to the very heaven; there is no hindrance which can restrain its tearing force. And so the most fervent Peter, when he hears, Whither I go ye cannot come, what says he? Lord, where are you going? and this he said, not so much from wish to learn, as from desire to follow. To say openly, I go, he dared not ye…
2. Afterwards indicating that not in the teachers but in themselves they ought to have their hopes of salvation, he says, 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith. Not in the wisdom which is without: for there it is not possible to stand, but to be borne along; even as in the faith ye may stand. Quit you like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. …
Cross-references
- 1Pet 2:23 — Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
- 1Pet 4:19 — Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
- 1Pet 5:7 — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
- 1Pet 5:7 — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
- 1Tim 5:25 — Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
- 2Chr 14:11 — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name
- Eccl 9:1 — For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before th
- Gen 24:13 — Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
- Gen 24:42 — And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
- Gen 43:14 — And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
- Isa 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Jas 4:15 — For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
- Job 5:8 — I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
- Job 22:28 — Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
- Lam 3:37 — Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
- Luke 12:22 — And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
- Luke 12:29 — And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
- Matt 6:25 — Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raime
- Phil 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
- Prov 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- Prov 16:3 — Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
- Ps 22:8 — He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- Ps 22:8 — He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- Ps 55:22 — Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
- Ps 55:22 — Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
- Ruth 2:11 — And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, an