Psalms 37:38
But transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
In Context
37Mark the man of integrity, and behold the upright; for there is a future for the man of peace.
39But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
Cross References
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 52:5(52-7) God will likewise break thee for ever, He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah
Proverbs 14:32The wicked is thrust down in his misfortune; but the righteous, even when he is brought to death, hath hope.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:35-40
Exhortations and Promises. 34 Wait on the Lord , and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 39… Read the whole commentary →