Psalms 37:1
{[A Psalm] of David.} Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;
Darby Translation
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 fade as the green herb.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her adversary provoked her much also, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.
Psalms 37:7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass.
Proverbs 3:31Envy not 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 Jehovah all the day;
Proverbs 24:19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:
Galatians 5:21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
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 →