Psalms 37:25

37:25 I was once young, now I am old.

I have never seen a godly man abandoned,

or his children ¹  forced to search for food. ² 

Psalms 37:40

37:40 The Lord helps them and rescues them;

he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, ³ 

for they seek his protection.

[37:25]  ¹ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[37:25]  ² tn Heb “or his offspring searching for food.” The expression “search for food” also appears in Lam 1:11, where Jerusalem’s refugees are forced to search for food and to trade their valuable possessions for something to eat.

[37:40]  ³ tn The prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive carry on the generalizing tone of the preceding verse.