Psalms 37:9
for evildoers will be cut off, but the land will be theirs, who wait on the Lord.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
In Context
8Desist from anger, abandon wrath: be not kindled to anger it leads but to evil:
10Yet but a little, and the wicked vanish: look at their place: they are there no more.
Cross References
Joshua 14:9and Moses swore that day that the land my feet had trodden should belong to me and to my children for all time, because I had been devoted to the Lord my God.
Psalms 37:11But the humble will have the land, and the rapture of peace in abundance.
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked exultant, lifting themselves like a cedar of Lebanon.
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 →