Psalms 37 · Verse 5

Psalms 37:5

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalms 37:5, King James Version

Psalms 37:5 in other translations

BSBCommit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
WEBCommit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
ASVCommit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
YLTRoll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,
DARBYCommit thy way unto Jehovah, and rely upon him: he will bring it to pass;
BBEPut your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.
WebsterCommit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.

What does Psalms 37:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Commit thy way--(Pr 16:3). Works--what you have to do and cannot set forth as a burden. trust ... in him--literally, "on Him." He will do what you cannot (compare Psa 22:8; 31:6). He will not suffer your character to remain under suspicion.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord - גול על יהוה gol al Yehovah, Roll thy way upon the Lord: probably, a metaphor taken from the camel, who lies down till his load be rolled upon him. He shall bring it to pass - יעשה yaaseh, "He will work." Trust God, and he will work for thee.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 37:1-6

David persuades to patience and confidence in God, by the state of the godly and of the wicked. Verses 1-6 When we look abroad we see the world full of evil-doers, that flourish and live in ease. So it was seen of old, therefore let us not marvel at the matter. We are tempted to fret at this, to think them the only happy people, and so we are prone to do like them: but this we are warned against. Outward prosperity…

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Psalms 37:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גּ֣וֹלGolrollH1556
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaway yourH1870
וּבְטַ֥חu.ve.Tachand relyH982
עָ֝לָ֗יו'a.Lavon himH5921
וְה֣וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
יַעֲשֶֽׂה\׃ya.'a.Sehhe will actH6213

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 37:5

  • Proverbs 16:3

    Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

  • 1 Peter 5:7

    Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

  • Philippians 4:6-7

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  • Matthew 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 raiment?

  • Psalms 55:22

    Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

  • James 4:15

    For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

  • Job 22:28

    Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

  • Luke 12:29-30

    And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

  • Psalms 22:8

    He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

  • Lamentations 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.

  • Ecclesiastes 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 them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Commit. Heb. Roll thy way upon.
22:8; 55:22; Pr 16:3; *marg:
Mt 6:25; Lu 12:22,29,30; Php 4:6,7; 1Pe 5:7
and.
Job 22:28; Ec 9:1; La 3:37; Jas 4:15

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Context

  • Psalms 37:4

    Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

  • Psalms 37:5

    Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

  • Psalms 37:6

    And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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Psalms 37:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Encomienda á Jehová tu camino, y espera en él; y él hará.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Remets ta voie sur l’ Éternel, et confie-toi en lui; et lui, il agira,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Befiehl Jehova deinen Weg und vertraue auf ihn! und er wird handeln;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quoniam iniquitates meæ supergressæ sunt caput meum, et sicut onus grave gravatæ sunt super me.