Psalms 37:32
A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
In Context
31The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.
33LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:10And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall. And David fled, and escaped that night.
2 Kings 6:13And he said, Go and see where he is that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Psalms 37:12The wicked man plots against the righteous man, and gnashes upon him with his teeth.
Proverbs 24:15Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.
Jeremiah 18:23Yet, LORD, thou know all their counsel against me to kill me. Do not forgive their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee. Deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
Daniel 6:5Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:22-34
Exhortations and Promises. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26… Read the whole commentary →