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A 3 page essay that offers an overview of this passage. The writer argues, drawing from this passage, that there are times when individuals feel that there is "no justice" in the world. It seems as if the wicked prosper while righteous people suffer. Psalm 37:19-24 eloquently addresses this feeling and reassures the reader that there is divine justice. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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be approached in a variety of different ways, historical literary or theological, they are particularly appropriate from the perspective of what they tell modern readers about prayer. He characterizes the
nature of this scripture as mirroring the "landscape of the human heart," with its expressions of both joy and sorrow. Much of the Book of Psalms is in joyful praise
of Gods love and beneficence; however, the psalms also reflect the reality that life is not all joy and happiness. This is reflected in the fact that laments are the
single largest type of psalm, as roughly fifty of these poems are cries of emotional anguish (Guinan 13). This is true of the Psalm 37:19-24, which offers spiritual guidance in
regards to issues of justice. There are times when individuals feel that there is "no justice" in the world. It seems as if the wicked prosper while righteous people
suffer. Psalm 37:19-24 eloquently addresses this feeling. "In times of disaster they (the wicked) will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty/But the wicked will perish/The LORDs
enemies will be like the beauty of the fields,/they will vanish-vanish like smoke" (Psalm 37:19-20). As this indicates the psalmist acknowledges that it may seem as if the wicked proper
as they inevitably have food while others starve. However, the psalmist quickly reassures the reader that this is only an illusion as the wicked will perish as inevitably as the
beauty of a green field--no matter how lush--is doomed to perish, either in summer sun or winter cold. In these verses, the psalmist stresses the deceptive nature of appearances. It
may seem like the wicked are prospering, but this is illusionary since in the long term, their fortunes are doomed to evaporate "like smoke." The next verses follow
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