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Psalms 37:7

Psalms chapter 37 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Context

v.6And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noonday.

v.7This passage

v.8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 40:1

    I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

  • Job 21:7

    Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

  • Lamentations 3:25

    Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:8

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

  • James 5:7

    Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

  • Habakkuk 2:3

    For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.