Hey, this is Shelby and Paul on A Year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

We are walking through the Psalms today in Psalms 36 through 40.

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That way you don't miss an episode uh paul psalms 36 through

40 um what are we going to focus on or what do we see in these psalms that's important to draw out

in our episode today yeah so the consistent theme that we're going to see in all these psalms is humility

and i feel like i could really talk about all of the psalms from today but the two i want to see in all these Psalms is humility. And I feel like I could really talk about

all of the Psalms from today, but the two I want to focus on are Psalms 37 and 38. And I think they

kind of go hand in hand. I don't know if they were intentionally placed together in this way,

but their themes relate closely. So we'll talk about why in a second. So Psalm 37 is a wisdom

psalm, and it's one of the most quintessential examples of one of these.

It almost reads like a chapter out of Proverbs. And so we have verse four that I think sort of serves

as like a thesis statement to basically encapsulate the whole Psalm. And it reads, fret not yourselves

because of evildoers. Be not envious of

wrongdoers, for they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord

and do good. Dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord. And he will

give you the desires of your heart. And so this is such a

great reminder that just because someone is doing well in life doesn't necessarily mean that they

have the things that really matter in this life. And I think when I read the Psalm, it would be

kind of easy to apply it and just say like, okay, I'll be good and I'll value the things

that are most important. But I don't think it's quite that simple. I think the Psalm actually

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