Psalms 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.
11But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.
Cross References
2 Kings 9:25And he said to Bidkar his captain, Take him up [and] cast him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jizreelite. For remember how, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, that Jehovah laid this burden upon him:
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
Job 7:21And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.
Job 20:5The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
Job 20:9The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading 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 →