Psalms 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.
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In Context
9For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.
11But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Cross References
2 Kings 9:25Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him:
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Job 20:9The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
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 →