Psalms 37:10

10 Soon the wicked will be no more; you will look for his place, and he won't be there.

Psalms 37:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:10

For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]
Not that they shall be annihilated or reduced to nothing, because nonentities have no place nor being any where; when they die they shall lift up their eyes in hell; their bodies will rise again at the last day; they shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ, and go into everlasting punishment; but they shall be no more in the world, and in the same flourishing and prosperous circumstances they were: and this their destruction will be in a short time, very quickly;

yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not
[be];
his dwelling place, called after his own name, to perpetuate the memory of him; see ( Job 7:10 ) ( 20:9 ) ; an instance of this the psalmist gives of his own knowledge, ( Psalms 37:35 Psalms 37:36 ) .

Psalms 37:10 In-Context

8 Stop being angry, put aside rage, and don't be upset - it leads to evil.
9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those hoping in ADONAI will inherit the land.
10 Soon the wicked will be no more; you will look for his place, and he won't be there.
11 But the meek will inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.
12 The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds his teeth at him;
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