Psalms 37:26

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He is always generous, always lending,and his children are a blessing.

Hebrew Names Version
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

King James Version
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

English Standard Version
He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.

New Century Version
Good people always lend freely to others, and their children are a blessing.

New English Translation
All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.

Amplified Bible
All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.

New American Standard Bible
All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.

World English Bible
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.

Legacy Standard Bible
All day long he is gracious and lends,And his seed is a blessing.

Berean Standard Bible
They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.

Contemporary English Version
They gladly give and lend, and their children turn out good.

Complete Jewish Bible
All day long he is generous and lends, and his descendants are blessed.

Darby Translation
all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.

Easy-to-Read Version
They are kind and generous, and their children are a blessing.

George Lamsa Translation
But he is ever merciful and lends; and his offspring is blessed.

Good News Translation
At all times they give freely and lend to others, and their children are a blessing.

Lexham English Bible
All the day he is gracious and lends, and his children are a blessing.

Literal Translation
All the day he is gracious and lends; and his seed is for a blessing.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The rightuous is euer mercifull, & ledeth getly, therfore shal his sede be blessed.

American Standard Version
All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.

Bible in Basic English
All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

King James Version (1611)
He is euer mercifull, and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.

English Revised Version
All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Al dai he hath merci, and leeneth; and his seed schal be in blessyng.

Update Bible Version
All the day long he deals graciously, and lends; And his seed is blessed.

Webster's Bible Translation
[He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.

New King James Version
He is ever merciful, and lends; And his descendants are blessed.

New Living Translation
The godly always give generous loans to others, and their children are a blessing.

New Life Bible
All day long he is kind and lets others use what he has. And his children make him happy.

New Revised Standard
They are ever giving liberally and lending, and their children become a blessing.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All day long, is he showing favour and lending, his seed, therefore, shall have a blessing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-26) He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.

Revised Standard Version
He is ever giving liberally and lending, and his children become a blessing.

Young's Literal Translation
All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.

Contextual Overview

²¹Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. ²³Stalwart walks in step with God ; his path blazed by God , he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. ²⁵I once was young, now I'm a graybeard— not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud. ²⁷Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots. Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's. Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head. Wait passionately for God , don't leave the path. He'll give you your place in the sun while you watch the wicked lose it. I saw Wicked bloated like a toad, croaking pretentious nonsense. The next time I looked there was nothing— a punctured bladder, vapid and limp. Keep your eye on the healthy soul, scrutinize the straight life; There's a future in strenuous wholeness. But the willful will soon be discarded; insolent souls are on a dead-end street. The spacious, free life is from God , it's also protected and safe. God -strengthened, we're delivered from evil— when we run to him, he saves us. ²⁹class="psalm-title"> A David Psalm Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun. Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God , get in on the best. 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. Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes—it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God -investors will soon own the store. Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; you'll stare at his once famous place and—nothing! Down-to-earth people will move in and take over, relishing a huge bonanza. Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line. Bullies brandish their swords, pull back on their bows with a flourish. They're out to beat up on the harmless, or mug that nice man out walking his dog. A banana peel lands them flat on their faces— slapstick figures in a moral circus. Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God -strong. God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do won't soon be forgotten. In hard times, they'll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, they'll be full. God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air. Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. Stalwart walks in step with God ; his path blazed by God , he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. I once was young, now I'm a graybeard— not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud. Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots. ³⁰Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's. ³²Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ever: Heb. all the day

merciful: Psalms 37:21, Psalms 112:5, Psalms 112:9, Deuteronomy 15:8-10, Matthew 5:7, Luke 6:35-38

his seed: Proverbs 20:7, Jeremiah 32:39

Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:35 - then Deuteronomy 15:6 - thou shalt lend Nehemiah 5:18 - because the bondage Psalms 25:13 - his seed Psalms 41:1 - Lord Psalms 112:2 - General Proverbs 11:21 - the seed Proverbs 19:1 - Better Proverbs 21:26 - the righteous Proverbs 28:10 - but Micah 6:8 - love Matthew 5:42 - General 2 Timothy 1:16 - Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
God said, "What have you done! The voice of your brother's blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you'll get nothing but curses from this ground; you'll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You'll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You'll be a homeless wanderer on Earth."

Genesis 25:32
Esau said, "I'm starving! What good is a birthright if I'm dead?"

Deuteronomy 17:8
When matters of justice come up that are too much for you—hard cases regarding homicides, legal disputes, fights—take them up to the central place of worship that God , your God, has designated. Bring them to the Levitical priests and the judge who is in office at the time. Consult them and they will hand down the decision for you.

2 Samuel 1:16
"You asked for it," David told him. "You sealed your death sentence when you said you killed God 's anointed king."

Job 16:18
"O Earth, don't cover up the wrong done to me! Don't muffle my cry! There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name— My Champion, my Friend, while I'm weeping my eyes out before God. I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor. "Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return."

Ezekiel 24:7
"‘The blood from murders has stained the whole city; Blood runs bold on the street stones, with no one bothering to wash it off— Blood out in the open to public view to provoke my wrath, to trigger my vengeance.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[He is] ever merciful, and lendeth,.... He sympathizes with the poor in distress, and shows mercy to miserable objects; not only by words, but deeds: and this is his constant disposition and conduct; of which his lending, as well as giving to persons in necessity, is an instance; and which shows capacity, and is a proof of the observation of the psalmist, that such are never forsaken, nor left to beg their bread: so far from it, that they have to lend and give to others;

and his seed [is] blessed; either his seed sown, his alms deeds, which are blessed to him and his, and to them to whom he ministers, as Jarchi explains it; see 2 Corinthians 9:6; or rather his offspring, who are blessed of God with things temporal for his sake; and are blessed by men, who say of them, these are the posterity of such and such liberal persons.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Psalms 37:21; the righteous man “lends” to his neighbor.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:26. 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.