Psalms 37:8

8 quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt inlusionibus et non est sanitas in carne mea

Psalms 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.

Psalms 37:8 In-Context

6 putruerunt et corruptae sunt cicatrices meae a facie insipientiae meae

7 miser factus sum et curvatus sum usque ad finem tota die contristatus ingrediebar

8 quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt inlusionibus et non est sanitas in carne mea

9 adflictus sum et humiliatus sum nimis rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei

10 Domine ante te omne desiderium meum et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus