Psalms 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked man shall not be. Yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9For evil-doers shall be cut off, but those who wait for LORD, they shall inherit the land.
11But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Cross References
2 Kings 9:25Then [Jehu] said to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, LORD laid this burden upon him:
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.
Job 7:21And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
Job 20:9The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked man in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:8-21
Exhortations and Promises. 7 Rest in the Lord , and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord , they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But the meek shall… Read the whole commentary →