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Psalms 37:6
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the righteous who are watching the wicked prosper, sandwiched between the command to commit one's way to the LORD (v. 5) and the command to be still and wait (v. 7).
The words — הוציא (hoṣî', H3318) is the verb for bringing forth, birthing, making something come into visible existence; it is not a quiet or gradual emergence but an act of production.
The thread — Isaiah 58:8 pairs the same dawn-break imagery with righteousness going before the reader; Job 11:17 reverses the order, calling life brighter than noonday and darkness like the morning.
Why it lands — The verse does not promise that the reader will feel vindicated now; it promises that the evidence of their righteousness will become as inescapable as daylight, and the only required posture is waiting.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- Job 11:17 Your life will be brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
- Isaiah 58:8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
- Micah 7:8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Isaiah 58:10 and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
- Psalms 31:20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
- Malachi 3:18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.