Psalms 37:35
I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
In Context
36Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:14Then saide Ioab, I will not thus tary with thee. And he tooke three dartes in his hande, and thrust them through Absalom, while he was yet aliue in the middes of the oke.
Esther 5:11And Haman tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him, and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruants of the King.
Job 8:13So are the paths of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
Psalms 73:3For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.
Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, and they haue taken roote: they grow, and bring forth fruite: thou art neere in their mouth, and farre from their reines.
Ezekiel 31:6All the foules of the heauen made their nestes in his boughes, and vnder his branches did all the beastes of the fielde bring foorth their yong, and vnder his shadowe dwelt all mightie nations.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:35-40
Exhortations and Promises. 34 Wait on the Lord , and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 39… Read the whole commentary →