Psalms 37:2

2 In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.

Psalms 37:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as
the green herb.
] Which in the morning looks green, pretty, and flourishing, and in the evening is cut down, and then fades away; see ( Psalms 90:5 Psalms 90:6 ) ; and so the wicked prosper and flourish for a while, and then they perish with all their honour, riches, and wealth; so that their happiness is a very short lived one, and therefore need not be envied and fretted at.

Psalms 37:2 In-Context

1 Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked.
2 In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
3 Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last.
4 Keep company with God, get in on the best.
5 Open up before God, keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done:
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