Psalms 37:1
By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
In Context
2For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:6and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.
Psalms 37:7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.
Proverbs 3:31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
Proverbs 23:17Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But — in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Proverbs 24:19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
Galatians 5:21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.
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 →