Refrain from anger and give up your rage;

do not be agitated - it can only bring harm.

For evildoers will be destroyed, 

but those 

who put their hope 

in the Lord

will inherit the land.

Psalms 37:8-9 CSB

I think the Psalmist knows what it is to feel angry.

To feel that breaking something, hurting someone (or yourself) is going to help.

The word "agitated" here means to burn or be kindled with anger.

To keep the feeling going. To add a bit more fuel to the fire, to stoke it along.

He doesn't say do nothing, or give up on justice, but not to let anger have it's way, as that path will hurt you.

He does say to step back. 

Trust God.

It won't always be this way.

Change your perspective. 

Here's another way to view this...

Trust God.

Put your hope in the Lord 

Where is my hope now? 

It's in me. My anger says that I have to be able to fix "this", to fix everything. And I keep stoking that along.

My hope is in me. 

But I can shift that hope, shift it to someone bigger.

#psalms

#psalm37

#trustGod

#changedperspective

#myhopeisinHim