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Beth

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

Gimel

Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him and he will act(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.

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

Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him(E) and he will do this:

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