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Psa. 37:35 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I havep seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a μgreen bay tree.

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Job 5:3• ³I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. (Job 5:3)

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Isa. 14:14‑19• ¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
¹⁵Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
¹⁶They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
¹⁷That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
¹⁸All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
¹⁹But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. (Isa. 14:14‑19)

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or, tree that groweth in his own soil.

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Psa. 73:3‑11• ³For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
⁴For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
⁵They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
⁶Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
⁷Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
⁸They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
⁹They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
¹⁰Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
¹¹And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? (Psa. 73:3‑11)

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Esther 5:11• ¹¹And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. (Esther 5:11)

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Job 5:3• ³I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. (Job 5:3)

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Job 21:7‑17• ⁷Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
⁸Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
⁹Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
¹⁰Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
¹¹They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
¹²They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
¹³They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
¹⁴Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
¹⁵What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
¹⁶Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
¹⁷How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. (Job 21:7‑17)

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Isa. 14:14‑19• ¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
¹⁵Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
¹⁶They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
¹⁷That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
¹⁸All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
¹⁹But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. (Isa. 14:14‑19)

a green bay-tree.

or, a green tree that groweth in his ownsoil.

Job 8:13‑19• ¹³So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
¹⁴Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
¹⁵He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
¹⁶He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
¹⁷His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
¹⁸If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. (Job 8:13‑19)

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Ezek. 31:6‑10,18• ⁶All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
⁷Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
⁸The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
⁹I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
¹⁰Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
¹⁸To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 31:6‑10,18)

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Dan. 4:20‑33• ²⁰The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
²¹Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
²²It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
²³And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
²⁴This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
²⁵That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
²⁶And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
²⁷Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
²⁸All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
²⁹At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
³⁰The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
³¹While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
³²And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
³³The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. (Dan. 4:20‑33)

• The wicked man may, indeed, for a time make a great show of prosperity—like a green bay-tree—yet he will pass away and not be found. (“Psalms 37” by H. Smith)

• The psalm closes with the remnant anticipating Antichrist and his followers being removed from power through judgment and them being delivered (vs. 35-40). (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil: