Psalms 37:28
For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
27Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.
29The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
Job 27:14If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
Psalms 21:10Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.
Psalms 37:40And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!
Psalms 92:13Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish.
Proverbs 2:22And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:22-34
Exhortations and Promises. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26… Read the whole commentary →