Psalms 37:12
While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
In Context
13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth. 1
Cross References
Genesis 39:16So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house.
1 Samuel 23:7And it was told Saul that David was come to Keila: and Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars.
Esther 3:5And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,
Esther 5:13But these things please me not, while I see Mardochaeus the Jew in the court.
Psalms 34:22You have seen it, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not yourself from me. 1
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 →