Psalms 37:13

13 The Lord laughs at him because he has seen that his time is coming.

Psalms 37:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:13

The Lord shall laugh at him
Have him and his plots in derision, confound his schemes, and disappoint him of his designs, bring him into calamity, and laugh at it; see ( Psalms 2:4 ) ( Proverbs 1:26 ) ;

for he seeth that his day is coming;
either the day of the Lord, which he has appointed to judge the world in, and which comes suddenly, at unawares, as a thief in the night, and is known unto the Lord, though to none else; or the day of the wicked man's ruin and destruction, to which he is appointed, and which is the same; and so the Targum is, "the day of his calamity": which the Lord observes is hastening on, when he will be for ever miserable.

Psalms 37:13 In-Context

11 Oppressed people will inherit the land and will enjoy unlimited peace.
12 The wicked person plots against a righteous one and grits his teeth at him.
13 The Lord laughs at him because he has seen that his time is coming.
14 Wicked people pull out their swords and bend their bows to kill oppressed and needy people, to slaughter those who are decent.
15 [But] their own swords will pierce their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
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