Psalm 37
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<<A Psalm of David.>> Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
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 [heb.] be silent to

Psalm 62:1 Truly my soul waits on God: from him comes my salvation.

Joshua 10:12 Then spoke Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered …

Jonah 1:11 Then said they to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may …

wait

Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your …

Psalm 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.

Proverbs 20:22 Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he …

Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait on the LORD, that hides his face from the house of …

Isaiah 30:15 For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning …

Lamentations 3:25,26 The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him…

Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall …

Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall …

Hebrews 10:36,37 For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will …

James 5:7-11 Be patient therefore, brothers, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, …

fret

Psalm 50:8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, …

Psalm 73:3-14 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked…

Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk …

the man

Job 21:7 Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, are mighty in power?

Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of …

Isaiah 10:13,14 For he said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my …

Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, …

Revelation 13:3-10 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly …

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

yet

Psalm 73:18-20 Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into …

Job 24:24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; …

Hebrews 10:36,37 For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will …

1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be you therefore sober, and …

Revelation 6:10,11 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true…

wicked

Psalm 37:35,36 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like …

Psalm 49:10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish …

Psalm 103:16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof …

Job 7:10,21 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know …

Job 14:10 But man dies, and wastes away: yes, man gives up the ghost, and where is he?

Job 20:8,9 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall …

Luke 12:20,21 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required …

Luke 16:27,28 Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him …

thou

Psalm 52:5-7 God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, …

Psalm 58:10,11 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall …

Psalm 107:42,43 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop …

1 Samuel 25:38,39 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, …

2 Kings 9:25,34-37 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the …

Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. …

Esther 8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' …

Isaiah 14:16-19 They that see you shall narrowly look on you, and consider you, saying, …

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

knoweth

Psalm 1:6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly …

Psalm 31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered …

Matthew 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly …

2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, …

the days

Psalm 37:13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.

Psalm 31:15 My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, …

Psalm 49:5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels …

Deuteronomy 33:25 Your shoes shall be iron and brass; and as your days, so shall your strength be.

Matthew 24:21-24 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning …

2 Timothy 3:1-5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come…

2 Timothy 4:2-4 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, …

Revelation 11:3-5 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy …

their

Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of …

Psalm 21:4 He asked life of you, and you gave it him, even length of days for …

Psalm 73:24 You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

Psalm 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on them …

Isaiah 60:21 Your people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land …

Romans 5:21 That as sin has reigned to death, even so might grace reign through …

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life …

1 Peter 1:4,5 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not …

1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

I have

Psalm 71:9,18 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails…

Job 32:6,7 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am …

Acts 21:16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and …

Philemon 1:8,9 Why, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin you that which …

yet

Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are …

Psalm 94:14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake …

Joshua 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days …

1 Samuel 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: …

Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; …

2 Corinthians 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

Hebrews 12:5,6 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to …

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with …

nor his seed

Psalm 25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Psalm 59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

Psalm 109:10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek …

Psalm 112:2 His seed shall be mighty on earth: the generation of the upright …

Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed …

Job 15:23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the …

Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: and …

Luke 1:53-55 He has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he has sent …

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

loveth

Psalm 11:7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does …

Psalm 45:6,7 Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom …

Psalm 99:4 The king's strength also loves judgment; you do establish equity, …

Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, …

Isaiah 61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; …

Jeremiah 9:24 But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows …

forsaketh

Psalm 37:25,40 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous …

Psalm 92:13-15 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in …

Isaiah 59:21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, said the LORD; My spirit …

Jeremiah 32:40,41 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not …

John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, He that hears my word, and believes on …

John 6:39,40 And this is the Father's will which has sent me, that of all which …

John 10:28-30 And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither …

John 15:9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue you in my love.

1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been …

1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready …

Jude 1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them …

but

Psalm 21:10 Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth, and their seed from …

Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the …

Job 18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining …

Job 27:14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring …

Proverbs 2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors …

Isaiah 14:20,21 You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed …

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Wait. Kawah, to wait, implies the extension of a right line from one point to another. The first point is the human heart; the line is its intense desire; and the last point is God, to whom the heart extends this straight line of earnest desire. He who, while he waits on God, keeps his way, is sure to have the further blessings of which he is in pursuit.

Psalm 37:3,7,9 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and …

Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your …

Proverbs 20:22 Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he …

keep

Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands …

Job 23:10-12 But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come …

Proverbs 4:25-27 Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you…

Proverbs 16:17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps …

Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.

exalt

Psalm 92:10 But my horn shall you exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall …

Psalm 112:9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures …

Luke 14:11 For whoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself …

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold …

1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he …

when

Psalm 52:5,6 God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, …

Psalm 91:8 Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Psalm 92:11 My eye also shall see my desire on my enemies, and my ears shall …

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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