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Psalm 37:9

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37:9Wicked men14 will be wiped out,15

but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land.16

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “for evil men.” The conjunction כִּי (ki, “for”) relates to the exhortations in v. 8; there is no reason to be frustrated, for the evildoers will be punished in due time.
  2. 15 Or “cut off, removed.”
  3. 16 Heb “and those who wait on the Lord, they will possess the land.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the evildoers shall be cut off,

but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For those who are evil will be destroyed,

but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For evildoers will be destroyed,

but those who put their hope in the Lord

will inherit the land.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the wicked will be destroyed,

but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For evildoers will be cut off,

but those who wait for Yahweh—

they will possess the land.

KJV 1900King James Version

For evildoers shall be cut off:

But those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.