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We are continuing our series of reflections on the Psalms. Each day we will upload a new reflection to the website. We hope and pray that you will find them helpful and that they bring hope during this season. Click on these buttons to read the text of the psalm or listen to a recording of it. You can also listen to the reflection using the audio player below. Read Psalm Psalm 37:1-20  Listen to Psalm Psalm 37:1-20 This psalm reminds us that God is passionate about injustice. Here David reflects over his life and remembers all the injustice he has witnessed; yet He knows that God is faithful. Because of this, David calls us to find our delight in the Lord and to commit our ways to Him, waiting patiently for Him (verses 5-7). Although when we feel we have been wronged we can ‘fret’; here we are told three times not to fret. To fret means “to become angry and worry”. Fretting is an immensely powerful emotion and can cause us to lash out in anger or frustration; this ‘leads only to evil’ (verse 8). Rather we are called to be meek (verse 11). This quality is misunderstood in today’s culture; it is seen as weakness. In the Bible it is a strength and is linked to being humble.  Moses was described as a very humble man. He is not a picture of weakness, rather of someone who trusted God. Jesus was positive about meekness and he quoted this psalm: ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth’ Matthew 5:5. We are encouraged to trust in the Lord and not to become angry, because God will ultimately bring His justice. For those who do evil ‘will be broken’ and God will ‘uphold the righteous’ (verse 17). In a world of injustice let's share this truth to comfort and help one another. Lord, in times of injustice, help me to “be still,” rather than to fret.