Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 37:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 37:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 37:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King David, God knows and cares about the lives of good people, and He promises they will have blessings that last forever.

Psalms 37:18: The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

This verse notes how the wicked live, become old, and even grow mighty in power, suggesting a contradiction to the idea of divine care over the righteous lifespan as implied in Psalm 37:18.

Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse observes that sometimes the righteous get what the wicked deserve and vice versa, challenging the certainty of a righteous legacy suggested in Psalm 37:18.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah questions why the way of the wicked prospers, contradicting the idea that God preserves the way of the righteous as implied in Psalm 37:18.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:13

This verse questions why God allows the wicked to swallow those more righteous, seemingly contradicting the idea of God's special oversight over the righteous lifespan mentioned in Psalm 37:18.

Habakkuk 1:13: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]
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