Psalms 25:13

25:13 They experience his favor; ¹ 

their descendants ²  inherit the land. ³ 

Psalms 37:9

37:9 Wicked men ⁴  will be wiped out, ⁵ 

but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. ⁶ 

Psalms 37:11

37:11 But the oppressed will possess the land

and enjoy great prosperity. ⁷ 

Psalms 37:22

37:22 Surely ⁸  those favored by the Lord ⁹  will possess the land,

but those rejected ¹⁰  by him will be wiped out. ¹¹ 

Psalms 37:29

37:29 The godly will possess the land

and will dwell in it permanently.

Psalms 37:34

37:34 Rely ¹²  on the Lord! Obey his commands! ¹³ 

Then he will permit you ¹⁴  to possess the land;

you will see the demise of evil men. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 60:21

60:21 All of your people will be godly; ¹⁶ 

they will possess the land permanently.

I will plant them like a shoot;

they will be the product of my labor,

through whom I reveal my splendor. ¹⁷ 

Romans 4:13

4:13 For the promise ¹⁸  to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

[25:13]  ¹ tn Heb “his life in goodness dwells.” The singular is representative (see v. 14).

[25:13]  ² tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[25:13]  ³ tn Or “earth.”

[37:9]  ⁴ tn 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.

[37:9]  ⁵ tn Or “cut off, removed.”

[37:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and those who wait on the Lord, they will possess the land.”

[37:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they will take delight in (see v. 4) abundance of peace.”

[37:22]  ⁸ tn The particle כִּי is best understood as asseverative or emphatic here.

[37:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “those blessed by him.” The pronoun “him” must refer to the Lord (see vv. 20, 23), so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “cursed.”

[37:22]  ¹¹ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed” (see v. 9).

[37:34]  ¹² tn Or “wait.”

[37:34]  ¹³ tn Heb “keep his way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the “conduct required” by the Lord. In Ps 25 the Lord’s “ways” are associated with his covenantal demands (see vv. 4, 9-10). See also Ps 119:3 (cf. vv. 1, 4), as well as Deut 8:6; 10:12; 11:22; 19:9; 26:17; 28:9; 30:16.

[37:34]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he will lift you up.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) is best taken here as a result clause following the imperatives in the preceding lines.

[37:34]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “when evil men are cut off you will see.”

[60:21]  ¹⁶ tn Or “righteous” (NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “just.”

[60:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “a shoot of his planting, the work of my hands, to reveal splendor.”

[4:13]  ¹⁸ sn Although a singular noun, the promise is collective and does not refer only to Gen 12:7, but as D. Moo (Romans 1-8 [WEC], 279) points out, refers to multiple aspects of the promise to Abraham: multiplied descendants (Gen 12:2), possession of the land (Gen 13:15-17), and his becoming the vehicle of blessing to all people (Gen 12:13).