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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wait
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
n on the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
his way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
, and he shall exalt
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
thee to inherit
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: when 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
are cut off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
, thou shalt see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 37:7• 7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. (Psa. 37:7)

Cross References

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Wait.{Kawah,} to wait, implies the extension of a right line from one point to another.
The first point is the human heart; the line is its intense desire; and the last point is God, to whom the heart extends this straight line of earnest desire.
He who, while he waits on God, keeps his way, is sure to have the further blessings of which he is in pursuit.
Psa. 37:3,7,9• 3Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
 7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
 9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. (Psa. 37:3,7,9)
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Psa. 27:14• 14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. (Psa. 27:14)
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Prov. 20:22• 22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. (Prov. 20:22)
keep.
Job 17:9• 9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. (Job 17:9)
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Job 23:10‑12• 10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:10‑12)
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Prov. 4:25‑27• 25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
 27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. (Prov. 4:25‑27)
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Prov. 16:17• 17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. (Prov. 16:17)
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Matt. 24:13• 13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Matt. 24:13)
exalt.
Psa. 92:10• 10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. (Psa. 92:10)
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Psa. 112:9• 9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor. (Psa. 112:9)
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Luke 14:11• 11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 14:11)
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1 Peter 1:7• 7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:7)
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1 Peter 5:6• 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: (1 Peter 5:6)
when.
Psa. 52:5‑6• 5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
 6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: (Psa. 52:5‑6)
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Psa. 91:8• 8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. (Psa. 91:8)
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Psa. 92:11• 11Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. (Psa. 92:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.