FPFO First Presbyterian Church Fort Oglethorpe

Psalm 37, “Wise Living in the Land of the Wicked”


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A. Structure

Exhortation to hope in the Lord’s Deliverance (1-6)
Comfort of Divine Retribution (7-11)
Contrastive Ways of the Righteous and Wicked (12-26)
Call for Wise Living in view of Belief in Divine Retribution (27-33)
Exhortation to Hope in the Lord’s Deliverance (vv. 34-40)
B. Principles (vv. 1-6)
1. Do Not Worry or Envy (vv. 1-2)
2. Do Good (vv. 3-4)
3. Wait on the Lord (vv. 5-6)
4. Application: Be obsessed with God.

C. Practicalities (vv. 7-34)

1. Divine Judgment (vv. 7-11)
2. The Wicked Plots (vv. 12-15)
3. The Godly Vindicated (vv. 16-19)
4. The Wicked Destroyed (vv. 20-22)
5. The Godly Sustained (vv. 23-29)

6. Contrasting Obsessions (vv. 30-33)

D. Principles Vindicated (vv. 34-40)
1. Judgment (v. 34)
2. Specific Example (vv. 35-36)
3. Exhortation to Observation (vv. 37-38)
4. Take Refuge in God (vv. 39-40)



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FPFO First Presbyterian Church Fort OglethorpeBy ryan biese