Psalms 37:1
A Psalme of David. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6And her aduersarie vexed her sore, forasmuch as she vpbraided her, because the Lord had made her barren.
Psalms 37:7Waite patiently vpon the Lord and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.
Proverbs 3:31Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lord continually.
Proverbs 24:19Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.
Galatians 5:21Enuie, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonie, and such like, whereof I tell you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they which doe such things, shall not inherite the kingdome 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 →