"For yet a little while, and the wicked {shall} not {be}: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it {shall} n…" — Psalms 37:10

Psalms 37:10 · KJV

“For yet a little while, and the wicked {shall} not {be}: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it {shall} not {be}.”

— Psalms 37:10

Verse 9

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Verse 11

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Psalms 37 — Context

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}.

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. {plotteth: or, practiseth}

Cross References

Job 24:24

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all {other}, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. {are gone: Heb. are not} {taken...: Heb. closed up}

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Psalms 37:35-36

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}

Psalms 107:42-43

The righteous shall see {it}, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Psalms 103:16

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. {it is...: Heb. it is not}

Psalms 52:5

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}

Psalms 58:10-11

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

Hebrews 10:36-37

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

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