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Psalms 37:26

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Character;   Children;   Lending;   Mercy;   Poor;   Righteous;   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Credit System;   Lending;   Social Duties;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Character of Saints;   Mercy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Contribution;   Money;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Debt;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Salvation;   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 - Justice;   Lend;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 20;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
They are kind and generous, and their children are a blessing.
American Standard Version
All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.
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.
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.
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.
Berean Standard Bible
They are ever generous and quick to lend, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
New American Standard Bible
All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.
King James Version
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.
New Revised Standard
They are ever giving liberally and lending, and their children become a blessing.
Darby Translation
all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Al dai he hath merci, and leeneth; and his seed schal be in blessyng.
Young's Literal Translation
All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.
World English Bible
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.
Revised Standard Version
He is ever giving liberally and lending, and his children become a blessing.
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.
Bible in Basic English
All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The rightuous is euer mercifull, & ledeth getly, therfore shal his sede be blessed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.
Legacy Standard Bible
All day long he is gracious and lends,And his seed is a blessing.

Contextual Overview

21The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives. 22For those blessed by God will [at last] inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be cut off. 23The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the LORD, And He delights in his way [and blesses his path]. 24When he falls, he will not be hurled down, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand and sustains him. 25I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous (those in right standing with God) abandoned Or his descendants pleading for bread. 26All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing.27Depart from evil and do good; And you will dwell [securely in the land] forever. 28For the LORD delights in justice And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones); They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off. 29The righteous will inherit the land And live in it forever. 30The mouth of the righteous proclaims wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice and truth.

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
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].
Genesis 25:32
Esau said, "Look, I am about to die [if I do not eat soon]; so of what use is this birthright to me?"
Genesis 37:20
"Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits (cisterns, underground water storage); then we will say [to our father], 'A wild animal killed and devoured him'; and we shall see what will become of his dreams!"
Deuteronomy 17:8
"If any case is too difficult for you to judge—between one kind of homicide and another, between one kind of lawsuit and another, between one kind of assault and another, being controversial issues in your courts—then you shall arise and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses.
2 Samuel 1:16
David said to the [fallen] man, "Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD'S anointed.'"
Job 16:18
"O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].
Psalms 30:9
"What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?
Jeremiah 41:8
But ten men who were among them said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us! We have stores of wheat and barley and oil and honey hidden in the field." So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions.
Ezekiel 24:7
"For her blood [that she has shed] remains in her midst; She put it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.
Matthew 16:26
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world [wealth, fame, success], but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

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.


 
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