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Psalms 37:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.


Psalms 37:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:18 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ/דָוִ֨דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּתְחַ֥רtitəḥar
you fret yourselfverbH2734
burn · be displeased · earnestly · fret self ···
בַּ/מְּרֵעִ֑יםbamərēʿiym
in the evil-doerspronH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗אtəqanēʾ
you be jealousverbH7065
be (move to · provoke to) jealous · very · zeal
בְּ/עֹשֵׂ֥יbəʿōśēy
of those who dopronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
עַוְלָֽהʿawəlāh
unrighteousnessnounH5766
perverseness · unjust · unrighteousness; wicked
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 37:1

On the first part of the psalm. 1. With terror do they hear of the coming of the last day, who will not be secure by living well: and who fain would live ill, long. But it was for useful purposes that God willed that day to remain unknown; that the heart may be ever ready to expect that of which it knows it is to come, but knows not when it is to come. Seeing, however, that our Lord Jesus Christ was sent to us to be our “Master,” He said, that “of the day not even the Son of…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 37 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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