Psalms 37:9
For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
In Context
8Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.
Cross References
Numbers 26:65For the Lord said of them, They shall die in the wildernes: so there was not left a man of them, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.
Joshua 14:9Wherefore Moses sware the same day, saying, Certainely the land whereon thy feete haue troden, shalbe thine inheritance, and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast followed constantly the Lord my God.
Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receiue of the Almightie.
Psalms 37:11But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.
Psalms 37:35I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
Proverbs 2:21For the iust shall dwell in the land, and the vpright men shall remaine in it.
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 →