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Complete Jewish Bible

Psalms 37:5

Commit your way to Adonai ; trust in him, and he will act.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Care;   Faith;   Prayer;   Righteous;   Thompson Chain Reference - Faith-Unbelief;   Trust in God;   The Topic Concordance - Commitment;   Righteousness;   Trust;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Care, Overmuch;   Resignation;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Way;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Estate;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bring;   Commit;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Providence;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for May 31;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 3;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 6;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for July 5;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Commit your way to the Lord;trust in him, and he will act,
Hebrew Names Version
Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
King James Version
Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
English Standard Version
Commit your way to the Lord ; trust in him, and he will act.
New Century Version
Depend on the Lord ; trust him, and he will take care of you.
New English Translation
Commit your future to the Lord ! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.
Amplified Bible
Commit your way to the LORD; Trust in Him also and He will do it.
New American Standard Bible
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
World English Bible
Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Commit thy way vnto the Lord, & trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe.
Legacy Standard Bible
Commit your way to Yahweh,Trust in Him, and He will do it.
Berean Standard Bible
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
Contemporary English Version
Let the Lord lead you and trust him to help.
Darby Translation
Commit thy way unto Jehovah, and rely upon him: he will bring [it] to pass;
Easy-to-Read Version
Depend on the Lord . Trust in him, and he will help you.
George Lamsa Translation
Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
Good News Translation
Give yourself to the Lord ; trust in him, and he will help you;
Lexham English Bible
Commit to Yahweh your way; Trust also on him and he will act.
Literal Translation
Roll your way on Jehovah and trust in Him; and He will work.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Comitte thy waye vnto ye LORDE, set thy hope in him, and he shal brynge it to passe.
American Standard Version
Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
Bible in Basic English
Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.
King James Version (1611)
Commit thy way vnto the Lord: trust also in him, and he shall bring it to passe.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Disclose thy way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
English Revised Version
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Schewe thi weie to the Lord; and hope thou in hym, and he schal do.
Update Bible Version
Commit your way to Yahweh; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
Webster's Bible Translation
Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring [it] to pass.
New King James Version
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.
New Living Translation
Commit everything you do to the Lord . Trust him, and he will help you.
New Life Bible
Give your way over to the Lord. Trust in Him also. And He will do it.
New Revised Standard
Commit your way to the Lord ; trust in him, and he will act.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him, and, he, will effectually work:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-5) Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.
Revised Standard Version
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.
Young's Literal Translation
Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,
THE MESSAGE
Open up before God , keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Commit your way to the Lord , Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

Contextual Overview

1 By David: Don't be upset by evildoers or envious of those who do wrong, 2 for soon they will wither like grass and fade like the green in the fields. 3 Trust in Adonai , and do good; settle in the land, and feed on faithfulness. 4 Then you will delight yourself in Adonai , and he will give you your heart's desire. 5 Commit your way to Adonai ; trust in him, and he will act. 6 He will make your vindication shine forth like light, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Commit: Heb. Roll thy way upon, Psalms 22:8, Psalms 55:22, Proverbs 16:3, *marg. Matthew 6:25, Luke 12:22, Luke 12:29, Luke 12:30, Philippians 4:6, Philippians 4:7, 1 Peter 5:7

and: Job 22:28, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Lamentations 3:37, James 4:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:12 - I pray Genesis 24:13 - I stand Genesis 24:42 - prosper Genesis 40:4 - the captain Genesis 43:14 - And God Ruth 2:11 - all that 1 Samuel 12:4 - General 2 Chronicles 14:11 - rest on thee Job 5:8 - unto God Job 35:14 - trust Psalms 94:15 - and all Proverbs 3:5 - Trust Isaiah 25:9 - Lo 1 Timothy 5:25 - cannot 1 Peter 2:23 - but 1 Peter 4:19 - commit

Cross-References

Genesis 28:12
He dreamt that there before him was a ladder resting on the ground with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of Adonai were going up and down on it.
Genesis 37:4
When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they began to hate him and reached the point where they couldn't even talk with him in a civil manner.
Genesis 37:8
His brothers retorted, "Yes, you will certainly be our king. You'll do a great job of bossing us around!" And they hated him still more for his dreams and for what he said.
Genesis 37:13
Isra'el asked Yosef, "Aren't your brothers pasturing the sheep in Sh'khem? Come, I will send you to them." He answered, "Here I am."
Genesis 37:14
He said to him, "Go now, see whether things are going well with your brothers and with the sheep, and bring word back to me." So he sent him away from the Hevron Valley, and he went to Sh'khem,
Genesis 40:5
One night the two of them, the king of Egypt's cupbearer and his baker, there in prison, both had dreams, each dream with its own meaning.
Genesis 41:1
At the end of two years, Pharaoh had a dream: he was standing beside the Nile River;
Genesis 42:9
Remembering the dreams he had had about them, Yosef said to them, "You are spies! You've come to spot our country's weaknesses!"
Genesis 49:23
The archers attacked him fiercely, shooting at him and pressing him hard;
Numbers 12:6
He said, "Listen to what I say: when there is a prophet among you, I, Adonai , make myself known to him in a vision, I speak with him in a dream.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Commit thy way unto the Lord,.... Or "thy works", as in

Proverbs 16:3; that is, all the affairs and business of life, which are a man's ways in which he walks; not that men should sit still, be inactive, and do nothing, and leave all to be done by the Lord; but should seek direction of God in everything engaged in, and for strength and assistance to perform it, and go on in it, and depend upon him for success, and give him all the glory, without trusting to any thing done by them: or, as some render the words, "reveal thy way unto the Lord" n; not that God is ignorant of the ways of men, and of their affairs, and of their wants and necessities, but it is their duty to ask, and it is his delight to hear; they may come and use freedom with him, and tell him their whole case, and leave it with him, believing he will supply all their need: or, as others render it, "roll thy way on the Lord" o; see Psalms 55:22; meaning not the burden of sin, nor the weight of affliction, but any affair of moment and importance that lies heavy upon the mind;

trust also in him; it is an ease to the mind to spread it before the Lord, who sympathizes with his people, supports them under and brings them through their difficulties;

and he shall bring [it] to pass; as he does whatever he has appointed and determined shall be, and whatever he has promised, and whatever will be for his own glory and his people's good.

n גול αποκαλυψον, Sept. "revela", V. L. Junius Tremellius, Piscator so the Targum, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. o "Devolve super Jehovam", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Commit thy way unto the - Lord. Margin, as in Hebrew, “Roll thy way upon, the Lord.” Compare the notes at Psalms 22:8, where the marg., as the Hebrew, is, “He rolled himself on the Lord.” See also 1 Peter 5:7. The idea is that of rolling a heavy burden from ourselves on another, or laying it upon him, so that he may bear it. The burden which we have not got strength to bear we may lay on God. The term “way” means properly the act of treading or going; then, a way or path; then, a course of life, or the manner in which one lives; and the reference here is to the whole course of life, or all that can affect life; all our plans or conduct; all the issues or results of those plans. It is equivalent here to “lot” or “destiny.” Everything, in regard to the manner in which we live, and all its results, are to be committed to the Lord.

Trust also in him - See Psalms 37:3.

And he shall bring it to pass - Hebrew, “He shall do it.” That is, He will bring it to a proper issue; He will secure a happy result. He will take care of your interests, and will not permit you to suffer, or to be ultimately wronged. The thing particularly referred to here, as appears from the next verse, is reputation or character.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:5. 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.


 
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