Psalms 37:19 (GNV)

Passage

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.

Nearby Context

Psalms 37:17 For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

Psalms 37:18 The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.

Psalms 37:19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.

Psalms 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.

Psalms 37:21 The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "confounded", "perilous", "time", "daies", "famine", and "haue". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "confounded", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright..." into verse 20's "But the wicked shall perish and the...", so "shall" and "confounded" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "confounded" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.