Psalms 37:20
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| 1 | David persuades to patience and confidence in God, by the different estate of the godly and the wicked. |
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Psalms 37:20 (King James Version)
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
- But the
- 68:2 92:9 Judges 5:31 ; Luke 13:3 Luke 13:5 ; 2 Peter 2:12
- as the fat of lambs
- Hebrew preciousness.
- That is, as the fat was wholly consumed in sacrifices, by the fire on the altar, so the wicked shall consume away in the fire of God's anger.
- Deuteronomy 33:14-16
- smoke
- 102:3 Genesis 19:28 ; Leviticus 3:3-11 Leviticus 3:16 ; Deuteronomy 29:20 ; Hebrews 12:29