Psalm 37:5-6

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Psalm 37:5-6 says, "Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday."

What does, "He will bring forth your righteousness as the light", mean?

 

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6. And he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light This David says, in order to anticipate the misgivings which often trouble us when we seem to lose our labor in faithfully serving God, and in dealing uprightly with our neighbors; nay, when our integrity is either exposed to the calumnies of the wicked, or is the occasion of injury to us from men; for then it is thought to be of no account in the sight of God. David, therefore, declares, that God will not suffer our righteousness to be always hid in darkness, but that he will maintain it and bring it forth to the light; namely, when he will bestow upon us such a reward as we desire. He alludes to the darkness of the night, which is soon dispelled by the dawning of the day; as if he had said, We may be often grievously oppressed, and God may not seem to approve our innocence, yet this vicissitude should no more disturb our minds than the darkness of the night which covers the earth; for then the expectation of the light of day sustains our hope.

-Calvin's Commentary on Psalms

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I think it's the same kind of idea as storing your treasures in heaven. It's the idea that God is our defender, if you read verse 7 it says that we are to be still before the Lord, and to wait patiently before Him. The world tells us that we have to promote ourselves, that we have defend our character and our rights and broadcast every good thing we do. This psalm reminds us that God is our rock, He is the keeper of our faith, and He will, "bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday."