Psalms 37:7-20

7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.
8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9 For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.
10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
11 But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.
12 The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
16 Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;
17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18 The blameless spend their days under the LORD’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever.
19 In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
20 But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.

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Cross References 28

  • 1. S Exodus 14:14; S Isaiah 41:1; Psalms 62:5; Lamentations 3:26
  • 2. S Psalms 27:14; Psalms 40:1; Psalms 130:5; Isaiah 38:13; Habakkuk 3:16; Romans 8:25
  • 3. ver 1
  • 4. Jeremiah 12:1
  • 5. Psalms 21:11; Psalms 26:10; Psalms 119:150
  • 6. Ephesians 4:31; Colossians 3:8
  • 7. ver 1
  • 8. S Psalms 31:22; Psalms 101:8; Psalms 118:10; Proverbs 2:22
  • 9. Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 26:8; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 51:5
  • 10. ver 22; Psalms 25:13; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 57:13; Isaiah 60:21; Matthew 5:5
  • 11. S Job 7:10; Job 24:24; Ezekiel 27:36
  • 12. S Numbers 14:24; Matthew 5:5
  • 13. S Leviticus 26:6; S Numbers 6:26
  • 14. Psalms 2:1; Psalms 31:13
  • 15. S Job 16:9; Psalms 35:16; Psalms 112:10
  • 16. 1 Samuel 26:10; Psalms 2:4; Ezekiel 12:23
  • 17. S Psalms 22:20
  • 18. Psalms 11:2
  • 19. S Psalms 35:10
  • 20. S Psalms 9:16
  • 21. S 1 Samuel 2:4; Psalms 46:9; Jeremiah 49:35
  • 22. Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8
  • 23. Job 38:15; Psalms 10:15
  • 24. Psalms 41:12; Psalms 140:12; Psalms 145:14; Psalms 146:7
  • 25. S Job 23:10; Psalms 44:21; Psalms 1:6
  • 26. ver 27,29
  • 27. S Psalms 34:21
  • 28. Psalms 68:2; Psalms 102:3; Isaiah 51:6
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