Psalms 37:38
But the transgressors are destroyed together: the future of the wicked is cut off.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
In Context
37Observe the perfect man, and behold the upright; for there is a [happy] future for the man of peace.
Cross References
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 52:5(52:7) [Therefore] God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.—
Proverbs 14:32Through his own evil is the wicked thrust down; but even in his death doth the righteous have confidence.
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 →