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Psalms 37:9 — King James Version← Study notes

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.


Psalms 37:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:98 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מְ֭רֵעִיםmərēʿiym
evil-doersverbH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
יִכָּרֵת֑וּ/ןyikārētwn
they will be cut off !verbH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
וְ/קֹוֵ֥יwəqōwēy
and those who wait forconjH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הֵ֣מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יִֽירְשׁוּyiyrəšw
they will possessverbH3423
consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···
אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ
the landnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
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 37:9

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…

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