Psalm 37:10

10 And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 37:10 In-Context

8 Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.

9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh-- they will possess [the] land.

10 And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.

11 But [the] afflicted will possess [the] land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.

12 [The] wicked plans [evil] against the righteous, and gnashes at him [with] his teeth.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "But"