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Psalms 37:34 — King James Version← Study notes

Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.


Psalms 37:34Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:3411 words
HebrewMeaning
קַוֵּ֤הqawēh
waitverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וּ/שְׁמֹ֬רwšəmōr
and keepconjH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
דַּרְכּ֗/וֹdarəkwō
way hisnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
וִֽ֭/ירוֹמִמְ/ךָwiyrwōmiməkā
and he will exalt youconjH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
לָ/רֶ֣שֶׁתlārešet
to possesspronH3423
consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···
אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣ
the landnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
בְּ/הִכָּרֵ֖תbəhikārēt
when are cut offpronH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
תִּרְאֶֽהtirəʾeh
you will seeverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
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 37:34

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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