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Psalms 37:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 37:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:2010 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רְשָׁעִ֨יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
יֹאבֵ֗דוּyōʾbēdw
they will perishverbH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
וְ/אֹיְבֵ֣יwəʾōyəbēy
and the enemies ofconjH341
foe
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּ/יקַ֣רkiyqar
will be like a splendid thing ofpronH3368
clear · costly · excellent · fat ···
כָּרִ֑יםkāriym
pasturesnounH3733
furniture · lamb · pasture · ram. See also
כָּל֖וּkālw
they will come to an endverbH3615
cease · consume · determine · destroy ···
בֶ/עָשָׁ֣ןbeʿāšān
in smokepronH6227
כָּֽלוּkālw
they will come to an endverbH3615
cease · consume · determine · destroy ···
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 37:20

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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