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Pentecost Season · Proper 22 · Year C

Psalm 37:1-9

Do Not Fret, Trust in the Lord

October 8, 2028

The Gleaners, Jean-François Millet
The Gleaners, Jean-François Millet, 1857Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Three women bent over a field picking up what the harvest left. The painting outraged its first critics for dignifying the poorest workers in France.These readings are about leaving the edges of the field for the poor and about not grudging it, and the gleaners are the people that law exists for.Jean-François MilletA founder of the Barbizon school (1814-1875), who painted peasant labour at a scale previously reserved for history painting and was attacked as a political radical for it.Musée d'Orsay, ParisA railway station of 1900 converted into the museum of French art from 1848 to 1914, which is why its Impressionists stand under a train shed.Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 17:5-10Lk 17:5-10
Epistle2 Tim. 1:1-142 Tm 1:1-14
Old TestamentLam. 1:1-6Lam 1:1-6Alt. OTHab. 1:1-4; 2:1-4Hb 1:1-4; 2:1-4
PsalterLam. 3:19-26Lam 3:19-26 orPs. 137Ps 137Alt. PsalmPs. 37:1-9Ps 37:1-9

Overview & Insights

“Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.” (Psalm 37:3)

The psalmist counsels against envying evildoers, urging instead patient trust that God will vindicate the righteous and humble in due time. The psalm closes by affirming that the salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, their refuge in trouble.

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Commentary

Commentary on Psalm 37:1-9Commentary on Ps 37:1-9 Working Preacher

Reads the psalm's counsel against envy of evildoers as wisdom for a waiting people.

Psalm 37 CommentaryPs 37 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse notes on trusting God rather than fretting over wrongdoers.

Psalm 37:1 CommentariesPs 37:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentators on the psalm's opening counsel.

Background & Word Study

Psalms 37:1-9Ps 37:1-9 Sefaria

The Hebrew text alongside translation.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 37 CatenaPs 37 Catena Catena

Patristic comments on trusting God rather than envying the wicked.

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