Psalms 37:11

37:11 But the oppressed will possess the land

and enjoy great prosperity. ¹ 

Psalms 37:22

37:22 Surely ²  those favored by the Lord ³  will possess the land,

but those rejected ⁴  by him will be wiped out. ⁵ 

Matthew 5:5

5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Revelation 5:10

5:10 You have appointed ⁶  them ⁷  as a kingdom and priests ⁸  to serve ⁹  our God, and they will reign ¹⁰  on the earth.”

Revelation 21:7

21:7 The one who conquers ¹¹  will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

[37:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and they will take delight in (see v. 4) abundance of peace.”

[37:22]  ² tn The particle כִּי is best understood as asseverative or emphatic here.

[37:22]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “cursed.”

[37:22]  ⁵ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed” (see v. 9).

[5:10]  ⁶ tn The verb ἐποίησας (epoihsas) is understood to mean “appointed” here. For an example of this use, see Mark 3:14.

[5:10]  ⁷ tc The vast majority of witnesses have αὐτούς (autous, “them”) here, while the Textus Receptus reads ἡμᾶς (Jhmas, “us”) with insignificant support (pc gig vg^cl sa Prim Bea). There is no question that the original text read αὐτούς here.

[5:10]  ⁸ tn The reference to “kingdom and priests” may be a hendiadys: “priestly kingdom.”

[5:10]  ⁹ tn The words “to serve” are not in the Greek text, but are implied by the word “priests.”

[5:10]  ¹⁰ tc The textual problem here between the present tense βασιλεύουσιν (basileuousin, “they are reigning”; so A 1006 1611 Ï^K pc) and the future βασιλεύσουσιν (basileusousin, “they will reign”; so א 1854 2053 Ï^A pc lat co) is a difficult one. Both readings have excellent support. On the one hand, the present tense seems to be the harder reading in this context. On the other hand, codex A elsewhere mistakes the future for the present (20:6). Further, the lunar sigma in uncial script could have been overlooked by some scribes, resulting in the present tense. All things considered, there is a slight preference for the future.

[21:7]  ¹¹ tn Or “who is victorious”; traditionally, “who overcomes.”