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Psalms 37:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.


Psalms 37:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:711 words
HebrewMeaning
דּ֤וֹםdwōm
be stillverbH1826
be cut down · forbear · hold peace · quiet self ···
לַ/יהוָה֮layhwāh
to YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/הִתְח֪וֹלֵ֫לwəhitəḥwōlēl
and wait longinglyconjH2342
bring forth · calve · dance · drive away ···
ל֥/וֹlwō
pron
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּ֭תְחַרtitəḥar
you fret yourselfverbH2734
burn · be displeased · earnestly · fret self ···
בְּ/מַצְלִ֣יחַbəmaṣəliyḥa
in one who makes prosperouspronH6743
come · go over · be good · be meet ···
דַּרְכּ֑/וֹdarəkwō
way hisnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
בְּ֝/אִ֗ישׁbəʾiyš
in a personpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
עֹשֶׂ֥הʿōśeh
who makesverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
מְזִמּֽוֹתməzimwōt
plotsnounH4209
discretion · intent · witty invention · lewdness ···
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 37:7

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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