Psalms 37:9

Wicked men ¹  will be wiped out, ²  but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. ³ 

Job 20:23-29; Job 27:13,14-23; Ps 25:13; Ps 37:11,12,29; Ps 37:35,36; Ps 55:23; Isa 58:14; Isa 60:21; Heb 11:16; Re 5:10

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 Lord, they will possess the land.”