Psalms 37:1
A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6Her rival also afflicted her, and troubled her exceedingly, insomuch that she upbraided her, that the Lord had shut up her womb:
Psalms 37:7Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.
Proverbs 3:31Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
Proverbs 24:19Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly:
Galatians 5:21Envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like. Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
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 →