Discovery BoxPsalms 37:9 
Context37:9 Wicked men 1 will be wiped out, 2
but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. 3
Psalms 37:28
Context37:28 For the Lord promotes 4 justice,
and never abandons 5 his faithful followers.
They are permanently secure, 6
but the children 7 of evil men are wiped out. 8
Psalms 109:13
Context109:13 May his descendants 9 be cut off! 10
May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 11
1 tn Heb “for evil men.” The conjunction כִּי (ki, “for”) relates to the exhortations in v. 8; there is no reason to be frustrated, for the evildoers will be punished in due time.
2 tn Or “cut off, removed.”
3 tn Heb “and those who wait on the
4 tn Heb “loves.” The verb “loves” is here metonymic; the
5 tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to this generalizing statement.
6 tn Or “protected forever.”
7 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
8 tn Or “cut off”; or “removed.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 28b state general truths.
9 tn Or “offspring.”
10 sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.
11 tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”
