Psalm 37:34
New International Version
Hope in the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.

New Living Translation
Put your hope in the LORD. Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed.

English Standard Version
Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.

Berean Standard Bible
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

King James Bible
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

New King James Version
Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

New American Standard Bible
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are eliminated, you will see it.

NASB 1995
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

NASB 1977
Wait for the LORD, and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Hope for Yahweh and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Amplified Bible
Wait for and expect the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; [In the end] when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

Christian Standard Bible
Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land. You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

American Standard Version
Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Hope in LORD JEHOVAH and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the Earth; when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see it.

Contemporary English Version
Trust the LORD and follow him. He will give you the land, and you will see the wicked destroyed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Expect the Lord and keep his way : and he will exalt thee to inherit the land : when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.

English Revised Version
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Wait with hope for the LORD, and follow his path, and he will honor you by giving you the land. When wicked people are cut off, you will see it.

Good News Translation
Put your hope in the LORD and obey his commands; he will honor you by giving you the land, and you will see the wicked driven out.

International Standard Version
Wait on the LORD, Keep faithful to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land. You will see the wicked cut off.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Wait for the LORD, and keep His way, And He will exalt thee to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Literal Standard Version
Look to YHWH, and keep His way, | And He exalts you to possess the land, | In the wicked being cut off—you see!

Majority Standard Bible
Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

New American Bible
Wait eagerly for the LORD, and keep his way; He will raise you up to inherit the earth; you will see when the wicked are cut off.

NET Bible
Rely on the LORD! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

New Revised Standard Version
Wait for the LORD, and keep to his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on the destruction of the wicked.

New Heart English Bible
Wait for the LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

World English Bible
Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Young's Literal Translation
Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
33the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment. 34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it. 35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,…

Cross References
Psalm 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Psalm 27:14
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Psalm 37:9
For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Psalm 52:5
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 52:6
The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

Psalm 91:8
You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

Proverbs 29:16
When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.


Treasury of Scripture

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Wait.

Psalm 37:3,7,9
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed…

Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Proverbs 20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

keep

Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Job 23:10-12
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold…

Proverbs 4:25-27
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee…

exalt

Psalm 92:10
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

Psalm 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Luke 14:11
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

when

Psalm 52:5,6
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah…

Psalm 91:8
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Psalm 92:11
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

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Psalm 37
1. David persuades to patience and confidence in God,
12. by the different estate of the godly and the wicked














Verse 34. - Wait on the lord (comp. vers. 2, 5, 7; and Psalm 27:14; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 130:5; Proverbs 20:22). The injunction is repeated so often because of man's extreme impatience and unwillingness to "tarry the Lord's leisure" (Prayer-book Version of Psalm 27:16) trustfully and confidently. And keep his way. The way in which he would have them walk - the way of righteousness (comp. ver. 3). And he shall exalt thee to inherit the land (see ver. 29, and the comment ad loc.). When the ungodly are cut off, thou shalt see it (comp. Psalm 52:5, 6; Psalm 91:8). Doubtless with some satisfaction. As the "ungodly" spoken of are employed in watching for an occasion to "slay" the righteous (ver. 32), these last can scarcely witness their removal from the world by God's providence without a feeling of relief.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Wait
קַוֵּ֤ה (qaw·wêh)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

for
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD
יְהוָ֨ה ׀ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and keep
וּשְׁמֹ֬ר (ū·šə·mōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

His way,
דַּרְכּ֗וֹ (dar·kōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

and He will raise you up
וִֽ֭ירוֹמִמְךָ (wî·rō·w·mim·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

to inherit
לָרֶ֣שֶׁת (lā·re·šeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

the land.
אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

When the wicked
רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

are cut off,
בְּהִכָּרֵ֖ת (bə·hik·kā·rêṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

you will see [it].
תִּרְאֶֽה׃ (tir·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see


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