Psalms 37:1
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
In Context
2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her rival provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because LORD had shut up her womb.
Psalms 37:7Rest in LORD, and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
Proverbs 3:31Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of LORD all the day long.
Proverbs 24:19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.
Galatians 5:21envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:1
This psalm is a sermon, and an excellent useful sermon it is, calculated not (as most of the psalms) for our devotion, but for our conversation; there is nothing in it of prayer or praise, but it is all instruction; it is "Maschil—a teaching psalm;" it is an exposition of some of the hardest chapters in the book of Providence, the advancement of the wicked and the disgrace of the righteous, a solution of the difficulties that arise thereupon, and an exhortation to conduct ourselves as becomes us under such dark… Read the whole commentary →