Psalms 37:1
“Of David.” Do not fret thyself because of the evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
In Context
2For like the grass they shall soon be mowed down, and like the green herb shall they wither.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her rival also provoked her continually, in order to make her fret; because the Lord had shut up her womb.
Psalms 37:7Be silent before the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who practices wicked devices.
Proverbs 3:31Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart be envious against sinners; but [remain] in the fear of the lord all the time.
Proverbs 24:19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious of the wicked;
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 →