10/08/2026
In our last night's Bible study, a question was raised towards the end concerning where the scripture said "I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor HIS seed begging bread, " ... then they stated, with this being true, my question is why is there starving people and famine all across the world, some of them very possibly being "righteous "... Following are some personal thoughts of one of the members that was present last night, that they shared with me after I returned home. Their thoughts seem to be very insightful and thought-provoking so I thought I'd share them for different ones to see.: all of us, being human, we each have our personal thoughts. But I feel these are very worthwhile of spending time and meditation on concerning our discussion last evening.
Psalm 37:25 KJV
“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging for bread.”
So why are there so many in the world hungry and begging?
When David, the author of the psalm, was fleeing from Saul in 1 Samuel 21, David himself literally begs bread from the temple. In 1 Samuel 13, David is described as a man after God’s own heart. In Psalm 18, David says that God dealt with him according to his righteousness.
According to these scriptures, David himself was a righteous man, but was also begging bread. This scripture had to have taken place after these events because it is a psalm of David, and David writes that he is old in the scripture.
Romans 3:10 and Psalm 14:3 states that there is none righteous. In Mark 10:18, Jesus says that only God is good.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He hath made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
Jesus was righteous, and we can be made righteous through His sacrifice.
Looking at those verses I think it can be put together with some New Testament scriptures. Looking at a different translation,
In the NIV:
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken, or their CHILDREN begging bread.
I think the important word in the scripture is “children.” Because whose children are we? The children of God according to many verses but specifically in 1 John 3 here. Like Herby referenced in John 6, Jesus is the bread of life. In Matthew 5:6 Jesus says, “Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.”
In Hebrews 13:5 from Deuteronomy 31:8 it is written that God will never leave you or forsake you.
To put all of this together, I believe that what David was saying was not entirely literal, but prophetic. I think this is a good example of “The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.” Our Father God is righteous (and we can be made righteous through Him) and he will never see his children (us) begging bread (Him and His Word). Matthew 7:7-11 says that God will give to His children, and specifically references bread. Looking at the entirety of Psalm 37, David focuses on not fretting because of evildoers, because God will never forsake his saints. Reading this Psalm pairs well with The Sermon on the Mount I think. While I do believe that God provides provision for our flesh, even more He provides provision for our spirit. Following God we are promised to face hardship, but we are also promised that God will not leave or forsake us.
This was hard to type all out on my phone, so I hope this all makes sense with what I’m trying to say. Just my 2 cents.
