Psalms 37:8
For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
In Context
7I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.
9I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:21And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking any thing of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.
Job 5:2For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.
Proverbs 16:32A man slow to anger is better than a strong man; and he that governs his temper better than he that takes a city.
Jonah 4:1But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.
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 →