All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.
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All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.
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He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
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All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
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Passages linked to Psalms 37:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 112:5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
- Psalms 37:21 The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.
- Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
- Deuteronomy 15:8-10 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks. Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.
- Psalms 112:9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
- Proverbs 20:7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
- Jeremiah 32:39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.
- Luke 6:35-38 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil. “Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free. “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”
- Psalms 147:13 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 26 He is daily merciful The Psalmist here repeats…
26 He is daily merciful The Psalmist here repeats what he had already said, that the grace of God is a fountain of all blessings which can never be exhausted; and, therefore, while it is displayed towards the faithful, they not only have enough for the supply of their own wants, but are able also liberally to assist others. What he adds concerning their seed is variously expounded. That he is speaking of the children of the godly, there can be no doubt; and this is evident from the preceding verse. But when he says that they shall be for blessing, some understand it as if he had said, They shall be the ministers of God’s liberality: so that, according to them, the sense would be, that they shall follow the good example of their fathers in helping the poor, and in exercising liberality towards all men. But I fear that this exposition is too refined. Nor do I admit the interpretation which has been given by others, that the meaning is, that the grace of God shall be so signally manifested towards the children of the godly, that their names shall be employed in a form of prayer, when prosperity and success are prayed for. This mode of expression, I allow, is to be so understood in various places; but here, in my opinion, David designs nothing more than to extol the continuation of God’s favor from the fathers to their children: as if he had said, God’s blessing does not terminate with the death of the righteous man, but it extends even to his children. And there is indeed no inheritance more certain to which our children may succeed us, than when God, receiving them in like manner into his fatherly favor, makes them partakers of his blessing.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 37:26 [He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and…
Psa 37:26 [He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.
Ver. 26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth] Heb. Every day, according to others’ necessity and his own ability; for to stretch beyond the staple were to mar all. But he is ever "ready to distribute, willing to communicate," 1Ti 6:17, as Mr Wiseheart, the Scotch martyr, whose charity had never an end, night, day, nor noon, saith Mr Fox; and Thomas Tomkins, an English martyr, very forward to lend, looking for nothing again.
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And his seed is blessed] Heb. is in the blessing, that is, receiveth grace and communication of all true goodness from God; and praises, goodwill, and good wishes from men (Diod.).
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He is so far from begging from others, that…
He is so far from begging from others, that he hath ability as well as inclination to give or lend to others, as need requires.
His seed is blessed, not only with spiritual, but with temporal blessings. So far shall he be from wasting his estate, and undoing himself and family by his bounty and charity, as covetous worldlings objected or feared.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Depart from evil, and do good,.... Depart from evildoers,…
Depart from evil, and do good,.... Depart from evildoers, and their evil ways; join not with them, nor fret and be envious at them; but do acts of beneficence, and all good works; since righteous men, and their seed, are not forsaken, but blessed of God; See Gill on Psa 34:14;
and dwell for evermore; or "thou shalt dwell for evermore" (z); see Psa 37:3; that is, in everlasting habitations, in the house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens, Luk 16:9. The Targum is, "that thou mayest dwell in everlasting life".
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(z) "et habitabis in seculum", Pagninus, Vatablus, Piscator; so Aben Ezra & Kimchi.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Blessed - Not only with spiritual, but with temporal…
Blessed - Not only with spiritual, but with temporal blessings.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 26. He is ever merciful and lendeth] כל…
Verse 26. He is ever merciful and lendeth] כל היום חונן kol haiyom chonen, "all the day he is compassionate." He is confirmed in the habit of godliness: he feels for the distresses of men, and is ready to divide and distribute to all that are in necessity.
And his seed is blessed.] The preceding words were not spoken casually; his seed, his posterity, is blessed; therefore they are not abandoned to beg their bread.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He is ever merciful - Margin, as in Hebrew,…
He is ever merciful - Margin, as in Hebrew, “all the day.” That is, it is his character; he is constantly in the habit of showing kindness. He does not do it at intervals, or only occasionally, but it is this that marks the character of the man. He is known by this. The word “merciful” here means kind, compassionate, benignant - and particularly in this respect, that he is willing to “lend” to others when he has the means.
And lendeth - The wicked man “borrows,” but does not pay again Psa 37:21; the righteous man “lends” to his neighbor.
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And his seed is blessed - His children; his posterity, as the result of this conduct on his part. The effect of what he does passes over from him to them, conveying rich blessings to them.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain his seed is blessed--literally, "for a blessing" (Gen 12:2;…
his seed is blessed--literally, "for a blessing" (Gen 12:2; Psa 21:6). This position is still true as the rule of God's economy (Ti1 4:8; Ti1 6:6).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. Ever merciful, and lendeth—Literally, all the day he…
26. Ever merciful, and lendeth—Literally, all the day he is merciful, and lendeth. With the Hebrews, where absolute poverty was the inevitable lot of the masses, (their population being estimated at about 6,000,000, on a territory about one third the area of New York State,) borrowing and lending had a more emphatic significance than with us; and this ability to lend implied competence, while the disposition and practice of daily beneficence are quoted as evidence and causes of prosperity. See on Psa_37:21, and Psa_112:5; Psa_112:9
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. All the day long he dealeth graciously and…
26. All the day long he dealeth graciously and lendeth (R.V.). Cp. Psa_37:21; Psa_112:5. The righteous not only have abundance, but know how to use it (Isa_32:5-8).
27, 28 a., b. Stanza of Samech.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He is ever merciful, and lendeth (comp. ver. 21).…
He is ever merciful, and lendeth (comp. ver. 21). This psalm contains a good deal of repetition, perhaps intended to emphasize certain portions of its teaching (see vers. 1, 7, 8; 3, 27; 11, 22, 29; 7, 34, etc.). And his seed is blessed. (comp. Psa_25:13 Psa_102:28 Psa_112:2)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth. The…
Ver. 26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth. The righteous are constantly under generous impulses; they do not prosper through parsimony, but through bounty. Like the bounteous giver of all good, of whom they are the beloved sons, they delight in doing good. How stingy covetous professors can hope for salvation is a marvel to those who read such verses as this in the Bible. And his seed is blessed. God pays back with interest in the next generation. Where the children of the righteous are not godly, there must be some reason for it in parental neglect, or some other guilty cause. The friend of the father is the friend of the family. The God of Abraham is the God of Isaac and of Jacob.
Ver. 26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. He, the good man, is merciful to himself, for mercy, like charity, begins at home; he is not afraid to eat a good meal because he hath children. And he is merciful to others too; for he will lend and do good to whom he can, and then his seed fares the better for it. Mark, that the more he gives and lends in doing works of mercy, the better it is for his children; for those children are ever best provided for whose parents bear this mindthey had rather trust God with their children, than their children with riches; and have made this their hope, that though they die, yet God lives. Did but one of those rich and wretched parents (who pinched and pined himself to make his son a gentleman, forsooth), rise from the dead, and see that proverb of Solomon fulfilled in himself, "He begetteth a son, and in his hand is nothing; "I persuade myself, the rumination of this would afflict him in his soul as much as any one pain of sense, even in hell itself. O consider this, you that now live and see it in others; and remember withal, that if your goods be either ill gotten, or worse kept, it may be your children's case when you are departed, and feel it, though you see it not. Matthew Griffith.
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Ver. 26. The righteous man's merciful disposition, generous action, and rich reward.
Ver. 26. The benediction of the good man's family: what it is, and what it is not.
Psalms 37:27*
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