Psalms 37:10

37:10 Evil men will soon disappear;

you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

Psalms 49:9

49:9 so that he might continue to live forever

and not experience death.

Psalms 77:7

77:7 I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever?

Will he never again show me his favor?

Psalms 78:17

78:17 Yet they continued to sin against him,

and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

Psalms 78:32

78:32 Despite all this, they continued to sin,

and did not trust him to do amazing things.

Psalms 84:4

84:4 How blessed are those who live in your temple

and praise you continually! (Selah)

Psalms 92:14

92:14 They bear fruit even when they are old;

they are filled with vitality and have many leaves.


tn Heb “and yet, a little, there will be no wicked [one].”

tn Heb “and you will carefully look upon his place, but he will not be [there].” The singular is used here in a representative sense; the typical evildoer is in view.

tn The jussive verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive is taken as indicating purpose/result in relation to the statement made in v. 8. (On this use of the jussive after an imperfect, see GKC 322 §109.f.) In this case v. 8 is understood as a parenthetical comment.

tn Heb “see the Pit.” The Hebrew term שַׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 30:9; 55:24; 103:4).

tn As in vv. 4 and 6a, the words of vv. 7-9 are understood as a quotation of what the psalmist said earlier. Therefore the words “I asked” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

tn Heb “rebelling [against] the Most High.”

tn Heb “and did not believe in his amazing deeds.”

11 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see v. 12 and Pss 1:1; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).

13 tn Heb “they are juicy and fresh.”