Psalm 37:5
New International Version
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:

New Living Translation
Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you.

English Standard Version
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

Berean Standard Bible
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

King James Bible
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

New King James Version
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

New American Standard Bible
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

NASB 1995
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

NASB 1977
Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Commit your way to Yahweh, Trust in Him, and He will do it.

Amplified Bible
Commit your way to the LORD; Trust in Him also and He will do it.

Christian Standard Bible
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will act,

American Standard Version
Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Straighten your road in front of LORD JEHOVAH; hope in him and he will do it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Disclose thy way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Contemporary English Version
Let the LORD lead you and trust him to help.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

English Revised Version
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Entrust your ways to the LORD. Trust him, and he will act [on your behalf].

Good News Translation
Give yourself to the LORD; trust in him, and he will help you;

International Standard Version
Commit your way to the LORD; Trust him, and he will act.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Commit thy way unto the LORD; Trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

Literal Standard Version
Roll your way on YHWH, | And trust on Him, and He works,

Majority Standard Bible
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

New American Bible
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will act

NET Bible
Commit your future to the LORD! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

New Revised Standard Version
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

New Heart English Bible
Commit your way to the LORD. Trust also in him, and he will act.

Webster's Bible Translation
Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.

World English Bible
Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

Young's Literal Translation
Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. 5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it. 6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.…

Cross References
1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

Psalm 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.

Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Psalm 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

Proverbs 16:3
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.


Treasury of Scripture

Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

Commit [heb.

Psalm 22:8
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

Psalm 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Proverbs 16:3
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

and

Job 22:28
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Ecclesiastes 9:1
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Lamentations 3:37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

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(5) Commit . . .--See margin, and Psalm 22:8. (Comp. Proverbs 16:3.) In Psalm 55:22 the word is different.

Verse 5. - Commit thy way unto the Lord (comp. Proverbs 16:3; Psalm 22:8). The meaning is, "Cast thyself and thy life unreservedly upon God - yield thyself wholly to him - look to him for support and guidance." Trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. "He will accomplish all that thy faith has laid upon him" (Kay).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Commit
גּ֣וֹל (gō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1556: To roll, roll away

your way
דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ (dar·ke·ḵā)
Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the LORD;
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

trust
וּבְטַ֥ח (ū·ḇə·ṭaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in Him,
עָ֝לָ֗יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and He
וְה֣וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will do it.
יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ (ya·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make


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