Psalms 37:13

And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.

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In The King James Version

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

In Context

12My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.

14But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:10And David said: “As the Lord lives, unless the Lord himself will strike him, or unless his day to die will have arrived, or unless, descending into battle, he will perish,

Psalms 2:4He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,

Ezekiel 21:25But as for you, O impious leader of Israel, whose day has arrived that was predetermined at the time of iniquity:

Daniel 5:26And this is the interpretation of the words. MANE: God has numbered your kingdom and has finished it.

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 →

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