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September 8 – Don’t Fret Read Psalm 37:1-11 Psalm 37 is another acrostic psalm.  It contains eight precepts, six of which are found in verses 1—8.  The psalm begins with this two-part command: Do not fret because of evildoers: do not envy them.  The sixth precept, which is found in verse 8, is similar: “Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.” I sometimes tell my children, “Don’t fret.”  I say that when they are anxious about something trivial or...