🎵WEB · Psalms 37:9
What does Psalms 37:9 mean?
"For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land."
— Psalms 37:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
he will make your righteousness go out as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.
For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.
But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
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