Psalms 37:9
I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
In Context
8For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.
10O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
Cross References
Numbers 26:65For the Lord had foretold that all would die in the wilderness. And not one of them remained, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Joshua 14:9And Moses swore, on that day, saying: ‘The land that your foot has tread upon shall be your possession, and that of your sons, unto eternity. For you have followed the Lord my God.’
Job 27:13This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
Psalms 37:11My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.
Proverbs 2:21For those who are upright shall live upon the earth, and the simple shall continue upon 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 →