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Forכִּיevildoersמְרֵעִיםwill be cut off,יִכָּרֵתוּןbut those who wait forוְקֹוֵיYHWH,יְהוָהtheyהֵמָּהwill possessיִירְשׁוּthe land.אָרֶץ
Psalms 37:9
Study it in the app“For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for YHWH, they will possess the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 37:9, word by word
- evildoersמְרֵעִיםmereim
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “mereim” appears- will be cut offיִכָּרֵתוּyikaretu
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yikaretu” appears- but those who wait forקֹוֵיkove
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “kove” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will possessיִירְשׁוּyirshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yirshu” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
8Let go of anger and abandon fury; do not get heated; it leads only to doing evil.
9 · This verse (above)
10And yet a little while, and there is no wicked one; you will look closely at his place, and he will not be there.