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Psalms 37:2
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For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
because like the grass, they will soon dry up. Like green plants, they will soon die away.
For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither like the green herb.
For they will wither quickly like the grass, And fade like the green herb.
For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.
For thei schulen wexe drie swiftli as hey; and thei schulen falle doun soone as the wortis of eerbis.
For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
They will soon disappear like grass without rain.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.
for soon they will wither like grass and fade like the green in the fields.
for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
They are like grass and other green plants that dry up quickly and then die.
For they shall soon wither like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse; and wither as the greene herbe.
For they will soon dry up like the grass. Like the green plant they will soon die.
for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.
For they shall soon wither like grass, and fade away as the green herbs.
They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.
For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.
(36-2) For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.
For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.
For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.
For they wither quickly like grassand wilt like tender green plants.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither like the green herb.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.
for they soon wither like grass and fade like the green herb.
For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
For they shall soone be cut downe like ye grasse, & be wythered euen as ye grene herbe.
For they will wither quickly like the grass, And decay like the green plants.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.
For they will wither quickly like the grassAnd fade like the green herb.
Contextual Overview
A psalm of David.
Don't worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong. 2 For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither. 3 Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. 4 Take delight in the Lord , and he will give you your heart's desires. 5 Commit everything you do to the Lord . Trust him, and he will help you. 6 He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 37:35, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 73:17-20, Psalms 90:5, Psalms 90:6, Psalms 92:7, Psalms 129:5-7, Job 20:5-9, James 1:10, James 1:11, 1 Peter 1:24
Reciprocal: Psalms 102:4 - withered Psalms 129:6 - as the grass Isaiah 37:27 - as the grass of
Cross-References
This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.
This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.
This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children were born to them after the great flood.
So Rachel gave her servant, Bilhah, to Jacob as a wife, and he slept with her.
Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn't getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it. These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:
"Why should we shed any blood? Let's just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he'll die without our laying a hand on him." Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
Then they grabbed him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.
Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Which in the morning looks green, pretty, and flourishing, and in the evening is cut down, and then fades away; see
Psalms 90:5; and so the wicked prosper and flourish for a while, and then they perish with all their honour, riches, and wealth; so that their happiness is a very short lived one, and therefore need not be envied and fretted at.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass - As the grass in the field is cut down by the mower; that is, however prosperous they may seem to be now, they are like the grass in the meadow which is so green and luxuriant, but which is soon to fall under the scythe of the mower. Their prosperity is only temporary, for they will soon pass away. The idea in the word rendered “soon” - מהרה mehêrâh - is that of “haste” or “speed:” Psalms 147:15; Numbers 16:46; Deuteronomy 11:17. The thought is not that it will be done immediately, but that “when” it occurs it will be a quick and rapid operation - as the grass falls rapidly before the mower.
And wither as the green herb - When it is cut down. That is, not as the dry and stinted shrub that grows in the desert of sand, but like the herb that grows in a garden, or in a marsh, or by the river, that is full of juices, and that needs abundant water to sustain it - like the flag or rush (compare Job 8:11) - and that withers almost instantly when it is cut down. The rapidity with which things “wilt” is in proportion to the rapidity of their growth, so the prosperity of a sinner is suddenly blasted, and he passes away. Compare Psalms 90:5-6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 37:2. For they shall soon be cut down — They have their portion in this life; and their enjoyment of it cannot be long, for their breath is but a vapour that speedily vanishes away. They fall before death, as the greensward does before the scythe of the mower.
