Psalms 37:9-10

37:9 Wicked men ¹  will be wiped out, ² 

but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. ³ 

37:10 Evil men will soon disappear; ⁴ 

you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone. ⁵ 

Psalms 37:22

37:22 Surely ⁶  those favored by the Lord ⁷  will possess the land,

but those rejected ⁸  by him will be wiped out. ⁹ 

[37:9]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Or “cut off, removed.”

[37:9]  ³ tn Heb “and those who wait on the Lord, they will possess the land.”

[37:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and yet, a little, there will be no wicked [one].”

[37:10]  ⁵ 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.

[37:22]  ⁶ tn The particle כִּי is best understood as asseverative or emphatic here.

[37:22]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “cursed.”

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