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26 He is always compassionate and generous in lending,
    and his children will be blessed.[a]
27 If you shun evil and do good,
    you will dwell in the land forever.
28 For the Lord loves the just,[b]
    and he will not forsake his faithful ones.
Those who follow evil paths will be destroyed,
    and the children of the wicked will be cut off,

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  1. Psalm 37:26 Blessed: see note on Ps 1:1.
  2. Psalm 37:28 The psalmist insists that the Lord loves the just (see Prov 2:8) who are his faithful ones, and he will never forsake them. Hence, Paul could say with complete confidence: “[Nothing] will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:38f).

26 They are always generous and lend freely;(A)
    their children will be a blessing.[a](B)

27 Turn from evil and do good;(C)
    then you will dwell in the land forever.(D)
28 For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.(E)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[b];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:26 Or freely; / the names of their children will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or freely; / others will see that their children are blessed
  2. Psalm 37:28 See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever