Psalms 37:1
Be not kindled to wrath at the wicked, nor envious of those who work wrong;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
In Context
2for, like grass, they will speedily wither, and fade like the green of young grass.
Cross References
Psalms 37:7In silence and patience wait on the Lord. Be not kindled to anger at those who prosper. At those who execute evil devices.
Galatians 5:21feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the kingdom of God.
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 →