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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
watcheth
tsaphah (Hebrew #6822)
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
KJV usage: behold, espy, look up (well), wait for, (keep the) watch(-man).
Pronounce: tsaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
the righteous
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
, and seeketh
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
to slay
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
him.

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Cross References

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watcheth.
Psa. 37:12• 12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him. (Psa. 37:12)
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Psa. 10:8‑10• 8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
 9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
 10He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones. (Psa. 10:8‑10)
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Jer. 20:10• 10For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him. (Jer. 20:10)
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Luke 6:7• 7And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching if he would heal on the sabbath, that they might find something of which to accuse him. (Luke 6:7)
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Luke 11:54• 54watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. (Luke 11:54)
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Luke 14:1• 1And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, who was of the Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that *they* were watching him. (Luke 14:1)
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Luke 19:47‑48• 47And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
 48and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him to hear. (Luke 19:47‑48)
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Luke 20:20• 20And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. (Luke 20:20)
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Acts 9:24• 24But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched also the gates both day and night, that they might kill him; (Acts 9:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him: