Psalms 37:1
Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
In Context
2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
Psalms 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Proverbs 3:31Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
Proverbs 23:17Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear the LORD all day long.
Proverbs 24:19Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
Galatians 5:21envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
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 →