Psalm 37:5 Meaning — Commit Thy Way Unto the LORD

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 gives the anxious planner a three-part sequence: commit, trust, and let God do the bringing.

The Hebrew behind commit means to roll — as one rolls a weight too heavy to carry onto shoulders that can. Your way — the path, the plans, the outcomes you cannot control — is exactly the kind of load the verse has in mind.

The promise is startlingly plain: he shall bring it to pass. Not necessarily your blueprint, but his good intention for your life. The psalm has just said delight thyself also in the LORD — the desires he fulfils are the ones formed close to him.

Committing is not a single ceremony; most of us roll the weight over and then take it back by lunchtime. Roll it again. The verse is built for repetition, and the shoulders it rolls onto never tire.