Psalm 37:7 {36:7}
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Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

Rest in [heb.

Psalm 62:1 Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David. [2] Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.

Joshua 10:12 Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon.

Jonah 1:11 And the men were greatly afraid, and they said to him: Why hast thou done this? (For the men knew that he fled from the face of the Lord: because he had told them.)

wait

Psalm 27:14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

Psalm 40:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. [2] With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

Proverbs 20:22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee.

Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Isaiah 30:15 For thus saith the Lord God the Holy One of Israel: If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be. And you would not:

Lamentations 3:25,26 Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him. . . .

Habakkuk 2:3 For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.

Galatians 6:9 And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.

Hebrews 10:36,37 For patience is necessary for you: that, doing the will of God, you may receive the promise. . . .

James 5:7-11 Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain. . . .

fret

Psalm 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.

Psalm 73:3-14 Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners. . . .

Jeremiah 12:1 Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?

the man

Job 21:7 Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches?

Ecclesiastes 5:8 If thou shalt see the oppressions of the poor, and violent judgments, and justice perverted in the province, wonder not at this matter: for he that is high hath another higher, and there are others still higher than these:

Isaiah 10:13,14 For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high. . . .

Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against every god: and he shall speak great things against the God of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished. For the determination is made.

Revelation 13:3-10 And I saw one of his heads as it were slain to death: and his death's wound was healed. And all the earth was in admiration after the beast. . . .

Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
6And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 7Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.8Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.…
Cross References
Psalm 26:10
In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

Psalm 37:1
Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

Psalm 37:8
Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

Psalm 40:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. [2] With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

Psalm 49:16
Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.

Psalm 62:5
But be thou, O my soul, subject to God: for from him is my patience.

Psalm 73:3
Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.

Jeremiah 12:1
Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?

Lamentations 3:26
Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

Lexicon
Be still
דּ֤וֹם ׀ (dō·wm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish

before the LORD
לַיהוָה֮ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and wait patiently
וְהִתְח֪וֹלֵ֫ל (wə·hiṯ·ḥō·w·lêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

for Him;
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

fret
תִּ֭תְחַר (tiṯ·ḥar)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy

not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

when men prosper
בְּמַצְלִ֣יחַ (bə·maṣ·lî·aḥ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6743: To push forward

in their ways,
דַּרְכּ֑וֹ (dar·kōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

[when they]
בְּ֝אִ֗ישׁ (bə·’îš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

carry out
עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

wicked schemes.
מְזִמּֽוֹת׃ (mə·zim·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4209: A plan, evil, sometimes good


Additional Translations
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; fret not when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

Rest in Jehovah, 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.

Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds.

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass.

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.

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.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

Be 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.
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