Psalms 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints : they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.
29But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
Job 27:14If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.
Psalms 21:10Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.
Psalms 37:40And the Lord will help them and deliver them : and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
Psalms 92:13The just shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow up like the cedar of Libanus.
Proverbs 2:22But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:22-34
Exhortations and Promises. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26… Read the whole commentary →