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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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Psa. 37:12• 12The wicked [man] deviseth evil against the righteous [man]{HR}And gnasheth his teeth upon him. (Psa. 37:12)
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Psa. 10:8‑10• 8He sitteth in the place of ambush of the villages;{HR}In the lurking places he slayeth the innocent;{HR}His eyes lurk for the wretched.
 9He lieth in wait in the secret place like a lion in his covert;{HR}He lieth in wait to catch the afflicted;{HR}He catcheth the afflicted when he draweth him into his net.
 10And he is crushed, he is brought low,{HR}The wretched hath fallen by his might. (Psa. 10:8‑10)
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Jer. 20:10• 10{i}For 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.{/i} (Jer. 20:10)
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Luke 6:7• 7{i}And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching{/i} whether 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, when he went into the house of one of the rulers [who was] of the Pharisees to eat bread on [the] Sabbath, {i}that they{/i} {i}were watching him.{/i} (Luke 14:1)
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Luke 19:47‑48• 47{i}And{/i} he was teaching day by day in the temple; and the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him,
 48and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him while hearing. (Luke 19:47‑48)
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Luke 20:20• 20And having watched [him] they sent suborned persons pretending to be righteous that they might lay hold of his language so as to deliver him to the power and the authority of the governor . (Luke 20:20)
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Acts 9:24• 24but their plot became known to Saul. And they were watching the gates also 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:

W. Kelly Translation

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The wicked [man] lieth in wait for the righteous [one]{HR}And seeketh to kill him.