Psalms 37:36 · KJV
“Yet he passed away, and, lo, he {was} not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.”
— Psalms 37:36
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}
Mark the perfect {man}, and behold the upright: for the end of {that} man {is} peace.
Psalms 37 — Context
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}.
35I 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}
36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he {was} not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37Mark the perfect {man}, and behold the upright: for the end of {that} man {is} peace.
38But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Cross References
Psalms 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked {shall} not {be}: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it {shall} not {be}.
Acts 12:22-23
And the people gave a shout, {saying, It is} the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Exodus 15:19
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry {land} in the midst of the sea.
Isaiah 10:33-34
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature {shall be} hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Isaiah 10:16-19
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Exodus 15:9-10
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. {destroy: or, repossess}
Job 20:5-29
That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}