How To Live a Happy Life: Part One
July 2, 2023
Psalm 37:1-11 / Common English Bible
Of David.
37 Don’t get upset over evildoers;
don’t be jealous of those who do wrong,
2 because they will fade fast, like grass;
they will wither like green vegetables.
3 Trust the Lord and do good;
live in the land, and farm faithfulness.
4 Enjoy the Lord,
and he will give what your heart asks.
5 Commit your way to the Lord!
Trust him! He will act
6 and will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
your justice like high noon.
7 Be still before the Lord,
and wait[b] for him.
Don’t get upset when someone gets ahead—
someone who invents evil schemes.
8 Let go of anger and leave rage behind!
Don’t get upset—it will only lead to evil.
9 Because evildoers will be eliminated,
but those who hope in the Lord—
they will possess the land.
10 In just a little while the wicked won’t exist!
If you go looking around their place,
they won’t be there.
11 But the weak will inherit the land;
they will enjoy a surplus of peace.
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:1 Ps 37 is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the note at Pss 9–10.
- Psalm 37:7 Correction with LXX, Vulg
Hello Kingdom Family,
Welcome to our Jesus-centered community. We are glad you are listening to today’s message. “We are People Helping People Experience a Jesus-centered Life.”
Today we start our two-part series “How To Live a Happy Life.” We unpack Psalm 37:1-11 and some statistics around the topic of happiness. We will learn what steps we can take to help bump up our happiness score by over 100 points.
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