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Like grass they wither quickly;
    like green plants they wilt away.(A)

Beth

Trust in the Lord and do good
    that you may dwell in the land[a] and live secure.(B)
Find your delight in the Lord
    who will give you your heart’s desire.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 37:3 The land: the promised land, Israel, which became for later interpreters a type or figure of heaven, cf. Hb 11:9–10, 13–16. The New Testament Beatitudes (Mt 5:3–12; Lk 6:20–26) have been influenced by the Psalm, especially their total reversal of the present and their interpretation of the happy future as possession of the land.

for like the grass they will soon wither,(A)
    like green plants they will soon die away.(B)

Trust in the Lord and do good;
    dwell in the land(C) and enjoy safe pasture.(D)
Take delight(E) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.(F)

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