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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For evildoers
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
shall be cut off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
: but those that wait
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, they shall inherit
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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evil-doers.
Psa. 37:35‑36• 35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:
 36but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found. (Psa. 37:35‑36)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Job 20:23‑29• 23It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
 24If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
 25He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
 26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
 27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
 28The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.
 29This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by *God. (Job 20:23‑29)
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Job 27:13,14‑23• 13This is the portion of the wicked man with *God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty:--
 14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
 15Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.
 16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
 17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on; and the innocent shall divide the silver.
 18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.
 19He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
 20Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
 21The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
 22And God shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
 23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. (Job 27:13,14‑23)
inherit.
Psa. 37:11‑12,29• 11But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.
 12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
 29The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell therein for ever. (Psa. 37:11‑12,29)
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Psa. 25:13• 13His soul shall dwell in prosperity, and his seed shall inherit the earth. (Psa. 25:13)
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Isa. 58:14• 14then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 58:14)
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Isa. 60:21• 21Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall possess the land for ever--the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. (Isa. 60:21)
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Heb. 11:16• 16but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city. (Heb. 11:16)
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Rev. 5:10• 10and made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth. (Rev. 5:10)
the earth.Or, "the land," {airetz,} probably the land of Judea, given by God himself as an inheritance to their fathers, and their posterity forever:
and this verse seems to contain a promise of their return thither.
• Instead of fretting let the godly trust in the Lord, and he will find that while the wicked “shall soon be cut down,” the one who trusts will dwell in the land and be fed. (“Psalms 37” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the landi.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "the earth"; and so in vers. 11,22,29,34. see Ps. 25.13 and Note, Matt. 5.5.