Psalms 37:18 (WEB)

Passage

Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

Nearby Context

Psalms 37:16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

Psalms 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

Psalms 37:18 Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

Psalms 37:19 They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

Psalms 37:20 But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "knows", "days", "perfect", "inheritance", "shall", and "forever". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "knows", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "For the arms of the wicked shall..." into verse 19's "They shall not be disappointed in the...", so "yahweh" and "knows" 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 "yahweh" and "knows" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.