“For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.”
The psalmist declares 'For evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.' The promise that evildoers will be removed and the righteous will inherit establishes the ultimate direction of history. The verb 'inherit' suggests not merely possessing but being established with permanent security. This verse affirms that ultimate victory belongs to the righteous.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:9
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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