Psalm 37:8

8 Dāng zhǐ zhù nùqì , lí qì fèn nù . búyào xīnhuái bú píng , yǐzhì zuò è .

Psalm 37:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger
Either at these wicked men who are so prosperous, or at God, who for the present suffers it; see ( Jonah 4:9 ) ( Proverbs 19:3 ) ;

and forsake wrath;
which is anger wrought up to a greater degree; and the rather to be shunned and avoided, as being very disagreeable to the character of a good man;

fret not thyself in any wise to do evil;
evil may be done by fretting at the prosperity of wicked men, or by imitating them, doing as they do, in hope of being prosperous as they are; from which the psalmist dissuades by reasons following.

Psalm 37:8 In-Context

6 Tā yào shǐ nǐde gōngyì , rú guāng fāchū , shǐ nǐde gōngping , míng rú zhèng wǔ .

7 Nǐ dāng mò rán yǐkào Yēhéhuá , naì xìng dĕnghòu tā . búyào yīn nà dàolù tōngdá de , hé nà è móu chéngjiù de , xīnhuái bú píng .

8 Dāng zhǐ zhù nùqì , lí qì fèn nù . búyào xīnhuái bú píng , yǐzhì zuò è .

9 Yīnwei zuò è de , bì beì jiǎnchú . wéiyǒu dĕnghòu Yēhéhuá de , bì chéngshòu dì tǔ .

10 Hái yǒu piànshí , è rén yào guīyú wú yǒu . nǐ jiù xì chá tāde zhù chù , yĕ yào guīyú wú yǒu .