Psalm 37[a]

Of David.

Do not fret because of those who are evil
    or be envious(A) of those who do wrong;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

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for like the grass they will soon wither,(A)
    like green plants they will soon die away.(B)

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For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

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35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(A) like a luxuriant native tree,

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35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

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36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(A)

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36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

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