Psalms 37:1
לְדָוִד ׀ אַל ־ תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים אַל ־ תְּקַנֵּא בְּעֹשֵׂי עַוְלָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
In Context
2כִּי כֶחָצִיר מְהֵרָה יִמָּלוּ וּכְיֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא יִבּוֹלֽוּן ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6וְכִֽעֲסַתָּה צָֽרָתָהּ גַּם ־ כַּעַס בַּעֲבוּר הַרְּעִמָהּ כִּֽי ־ סָגַר יְהוָה בְּעַד רַחְמָֽהּ ׃
Psalms 37:7דּוֹם ׀ לַיהוָה וְהִתְחוֹלֵל לוֹ אַל ־ תִּתְחַר בְּמַצְלִיחַ דַּרְכּוֹ בְּאִישׁ עֹשֶׂה מְזִמּֽוֹת ׃
Proverbs 3:31אַל ־ תְּקַנֵּא בְּאִישׁ חָמָס וְאַל ־ תִּבְחַר בְּכָל ־ דְּרָכָֽיו ׃
Proverbs 23:17אַל ־ יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּֽחַטָּאִים כִּי אִם ־ בְּיִרְאַת ־ יְהוָה כָּל ־ הַיּֽוֹם ׃
Proverbs 24:19אַל ־ תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים אַל ־ תְּקַנֵּא בָּרְשָׁעִֽים ׃
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 →