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Psalms 37:34

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.

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  • WEB 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.

  • KJV 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.

  • JPS 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.

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Cross-references (17)

Passages linked to Psalms 37:34 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 27:14 Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
  • Psalms 37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
  • Proverbs 20:22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
  • Matthew 24:13 But he who endures to the end will be saved.
  • Psalms 37:7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
  • Psalms 52:5-6 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
  • Job 23:10-12 But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold. My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away. I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
  • Psalms 37:3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
  • Psalms 91:8 You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked.
  • Proverbs 4:25-27 Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
  • Job 17:9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
  • Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • 1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
  • Psalms 92:10-11 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil. My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
  • Psalms 112:9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
  • Proverbs 16:17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
  • 1 Peter 1:7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 34 Wait upon Jehovah, and keep his way David…

34 Wait upon Jehovah, and keep his way David again returns to the style of exhortation, in order that the faithful, trusting to God’s promises and sustained by them, may not suffer themselves to be drawn hither and thither by any temptations through devious and sinful ways, but may persevere steadfastly in the service of God. In the first place, he exhorts them to hope and patience, as if he wished them, amidst the tumults and troubles of life, to trust in God, and hold their peace till he again show them his countenance, which for a time he had hid from them. Hence arises, in the second place, another exhortation, that they should not turn aside from the way of the Lord; for wherever hope and patience prevail, they will so restrain the minds of men that they will not break out into any thing unlawful and wicked. It will doubtless be found, that the reason why every man endeavors to promote his own advantage by wicked practices is, that no one depends upon God, or else that he thinks, if fortune do not quickly smile upon him, that it is vain for him to persevere in the practice of equity and uprightness. Moreover, we may learn from this place, that if many, even of the good and the upright, are subjected to poverty, and lead a life of protracted affliction and trial, they suffer their punishment justly, because, so far from being firmly persuaded that it belongs to God as his proper office not only to lift up his servants from the dunghill, but also to bring them forth even from their graves, scarcely one in a hundred of them patiently waits upon God, and continues perseveringly in the right course. Nor is it without good reason that David makes use of the word exalt, that we may know that God often stretches forth his hand to the faithful when they appear to be overwhelmed by the weight of their calamities. He then adds, that the wicked shall perish before the eyes of the godly. If their end were not very different from that of the righteous, the state in which the reprobate now rejoice for a time would easily allure even the best of men to evil. And, indeed, God would make us daily to behold such sights if we had eyes to behold his judgments. And yet, although the whole world were blinded, God does not cease to render a just reward to the wickedness of men; but by punishing them in a more private manner, he withdraws from us that fruit of which our own dulness deprives us.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain The psalmist's conclusion of this sermon (for that is…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I have seen the wicked in great power,.... Meaning…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 34. Wait on the Lord, and keep his…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 37:34. Wait on the Lord — Seeking and…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Wait on the Lord - See the notes at…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On the contrary, the good are not only blessed,…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. Stanza of Qoph. The Psalmist again addresses his…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Wait on the lord (comp. vers. 2, 5, 7;…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 34. Wait on the Lord. We have here…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Wait on the Lord and keep His way, and…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 he will raise you up to possess the land

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