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Psalms 37:34

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Desire;   Righteous;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Exaltation;   Obedience;   Waiting;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Patience;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Estate;   Ethics;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Wealth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Patience;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 20;  

Parallel Translations

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.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James 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.
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.
New Century Version
Wait for the Lord 's help and follow him. He will honor you and give you the land, and you will see the wicked sent away.
New English Translation
Rely on the Lord ! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.
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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Waite thou on the Lorde, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.
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.
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.
Contemporary English Version
Trust the Lord and follow him. He will give you the land, and you will see the wicked destroyed.
Complete Jewish Bible
Put your hope in Adonai , keep to his way, and he will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
Darby Translation
Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].
Easy-to-Read Version
Do what the Lord says, and wait for his help. He will reward you and give you the land he promised. You will see the wicked being forced to leave.
George Lamsa Translation
Trust in 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.
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.
Lexham English Bible
Wait for Yahweh and keep his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
Literal Translation
Wait on Jehovah and keep His way; and He shall exalt you to inherit the earth; you shall see when the wicked are cut off.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the LORDE wil not leaue him in his hodes, ner codemne him when he is iudged.
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.
Bible in Basic English
Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Wait for the LORD, and keep His way, and He will exalt thee to inherit the land;
King James Version (1611)
Wait on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Abide thou the Lord, and kepe thou his weie, and he schal enhaunse thee, that bi eritage thou take the lond; whanne synneris schulen perische, thou schalt se.
Update Bible Version
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.
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].
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 Life Bible
Wait for the Lord. Keep His way. And He will give you a high place to receive the land. When the sinful are cut off, you will see it.
New Revised Standard
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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wait for Yahweh, and observe thou his path, that he may exalt thee, to inherit the earth, On the cutting off of the lawless, shalt thou look.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-34) Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.
Revised Standard Version
Wait for the LORD, and keep to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land; you will look on the destruction of the wicked.
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!
THE MESSAGE
Wait passionately for God , don't leave the path. He'll give you your place in the sun while you watch the wicked lose it.
New American Standard Bible (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.

Contextual Overview

34 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. 35 I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil. 36 But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them! 37 Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace. 38 But the rebellious will be destroyed; they have no future. 39 The Lord rescues the godly; he is their fortress in times of trouble. 40 The Lord helps them, rescuing them from the wicked. He saves them, and they find shelter in him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Wait: Kawah, to wait, implies the extension of a right line from one point to another. The first point is the human heart; the line is its intense desire; and the last point is God, to whom the heart extends this straight line of earnest desire. He who, while he waits on God, keeps his way, is sure to have the further blessings of which he is in pursuit. Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:7, Psalms 37:9, Psalms 27:14, Proverbs 20:22

keep: Job 17:9, Job 23:10-12, Proverbs 4:25-27, Proverbs 16:17, Matthew 24:13

exalt: Psalms 92:10, Psalms 112:9, Luke 14:11, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 5:6

when: Psalms 52:5, Psalms 52:6, Psalms 91:8, Psalms 92:11

Reciprocal: Esther 8:2 - Esther set Psalms 25:3 - wait Psalms 54:7 - and mine Psalms 62:5 - wait Psalms 94:15 - and all Proverbs 29:16 - but Isaiah 8:17 - I will Isaiah 40:31 - they that Lamentations 3:25 - good Lamentations 3:26 - quietly Zephaniah 3:8 - wait Matthew 5:5 - they Romans 2:7 - patient Revelation 14:10 - in the

Cross-References

Genesis 37:1
So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.
Genesis 37:3
Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.
Genesis 37:5
One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever.
Genesis 37:8
His brothers responded, "So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?" And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.
Genesis 37:12
Soon after this, Joseph's brothers went to pasture their father's flocks at Shechem.
Genesis 37:13
When they had been gone for some time, Jacob said to Joseph, "Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Get ready, and I will send you to them." "I'm ready to go," Joseph replied.
Genesis 37:29
Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.
Joshua 7:6
Joshua and the elders of Israel tore their clothing in dismay, threw dust on their heads, and bowed face down to the ground before the Ark of the Lord until evening.
2 Samuel 1:11
David and his men tore their clothes in sorrow when they heard the news.
2 Samuel 3:31
Then David said to Joab and all those who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on burlap. Mourn for Abner." And King David himself walked behind the procession to the grave.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wait on the Lord,.... In the way of his appointments and ordinances; where may be learned the design of his providences, and of the prosperity of the wicked, and their end, Psalms 73:16; and in a providential way, for the performance of his promises, in which he never fails; and patiently bear whatever he is pleased to lay upon them; waiting for a deliverance out of every affliction, which will be in his own time. The Chaldee paraphrase

"trust in the word of the Lord;''

and keep his way: which he has pointed out in his word, and has directed his people to walk in; though tempted by Satan to turn aside to the right hand or the left; though wicked men reproach, persecute, and seek to pervert it; and though a narrow and rough way, yet keep constantly in it, in which there are both pleasure and profit; good comes of it, and in it peace is had, and the presence of God enjoyed;

and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: that is, shall raise out of a low and uncomfortable situation of life to a more comfortable one; or however, hereafter, to dwell in the new heavens and new earth, to reign with Christ upon his throne, and to enjoy the eternal inheritance;

when the wicked are cut off; as in Psalms 37:9;

thou shall see [it]; with joy and pleasure; not as exulting: in the destruction of the wicked, simply considered; but as the glory of divine justice is displayed therein; see Psalms 52:5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wait on the Lord - See the notes at Psalms 37:9. Let your hope be from the Lord; depend wholly upon Him; have such confidence in Him as to expect His gracious interposition in your behalf.

And keep his way - Or, walk in the path which He commands. Do not turn from that at any thee. Do not allow any temptation, or any opposition, to cause you to swerve from that path.

And he shall exalt thee to inherit the land - See Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:9,Psalms 37:18.

When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it - This implies that they would certainly be cut off, and that the righteous would be permitted to see the result of a course of righteousness and one of wickedness. It is not necessarily implied that they would have any satisfaction in seeing the punishment of the wicked; but the meaning is, that they would be permitted to live so as to see that one course of life tended to secure the favor of God, and another to incur His displeasure; that there was an advantage in virtue and religion in this life; and the certainty that they would see this is adverted to as a “motive” for leading a life of piety. The result is so sure that a man may, if he live long, see it himself; and the fact that this is so should be an inducement for his leading a holy life. The psalmist proceeds, in Psalms 37:35-36, to illustrate this idea from his own observation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:34. Wait on the Lord, and keep his way — This is the true mode of waiting on God which the Scripture recommends; keeping God's way-using all his ordinances, and living in the spirit of obedience. He who waits thus is sure to have the farther blessings of which he is in pursuit. קוה kavah, to wait, implies the extension of a right line from one point to another. The first point is the human heart; the line is its intense desire; and the last point is GOD, to whom this heart extends this straight line of earnest desire to be filled with the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of peace.

And he shall exalt thee to inherit the land — If ye keep his way, and be faithful to him in your exile, he will exalt you, lift you up from your present abject state, to inherit the land of your fathers. See before, Psalms 37:9; Psalms 100:0; Psalms 37:11, c.

When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.] They did see the destruction of the Babylonish king, Belshazzar, and his empire and it was in consequence of that destruction that they were enlarged.


 
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