CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 37:2 For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/psalms/37-2.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/19/19_Psa_037_002.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Psalm 37:2 - Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/psalms/37-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/psalms/37-2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/psalms/">Psalms</a> > <a href="/psalms/37.htm">Chapter 37</a> > Verse 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad2.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/psalms/37-1.htm" title="Psalm 37:1">◄</a> Psalm 37:2 <a href="/psalms/37-3.htm" title="Psalm 37:3">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/psalms/37.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/37.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they will wither quickly like the grass, And decay like the green plants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For they will wither quickly like the grass, And fade like the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For they will wither quickly like the grass, And fade like the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They will soon disappear like grass without rain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They will quickly dry up like grass and wither away like green plants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For they are cut off speedily as grass, "" And fade as the greenness of the tender grass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For as grass hastening they shall be cut down, and as the greenness of grass they shall fall away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 36:2>For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they shall soon wither like grass, and fade away as the green herbs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because they dry up quickly like straw and they wither like green grass.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For they shall soon wither like the grass, And fade as the green herb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/37-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=4114" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/37.htm">Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/5243.htm" title="5243: yim·mā·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- Branch to be cut down off, circumcise. A primitive root; to become clipped or circumcised.">they wither</a> <a href="/hebrew/4120.htm" title="4120: mə·hê·rāh (Adv) -- Haste, speed. Feminine of maher; properly, a hurry; hence promptly.">quickly</a> <a href="/hebrew/2682.htm" title="2682: ḵe·ḥā·ṣîr (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Green grass, herbage. Perhaps originally the same as chatsiyr, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek.">like grass</a> <a href="/hebrew/5034.htm" title="5034: yib·bō·w·lūn (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- A primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace.">and wilt</a> <a href="/hebrew/3418.htm" title="3418: ū·ḵə·ye·req (Conj-w, Prep-k:: N-msc) -- From yaraq; properly, pallor, i.e. Hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. Grass or vegetation.">like tender</a> <a href="/hebrew/1877.htm" title="1877: de·še (N-ms) -- Grass. From dasha; a sprout; by analogy, grass.">plants.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-10.htm">James 1:10-11</a></span><br />But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. / For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a></span><br />A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a></span><br />For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/14-2.htm">Job 14:2</a></span><br />Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-30.htm">Matthew 6:30</a></span><br />If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-12.htm">Isaiah 51:12</a></span><br />“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-31.htm">1 Corinthians 7:31</a></span><br />and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5-6</a></span><br />You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— / in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-17.htm">1 John 2:17</a></span><br />The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Isaiah 40:24</a></span><br />No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-40.htm">Matthew 13:40</a></span><br />As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/8-9.htm">Job 8:9</a></span><br />For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10</a></span><br />But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a></span><br />The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35,36</a></b></br> I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-17.htm">Psalm 73:17-20</a></b></br> Until I went into the sanctuary of God; <i>then</i> understood I their end… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5,6</a></b></br> Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are <i>as</i> a sleep: in the morning <i>they are</i> like grass <i>which</i> groweth up… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/34-16.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/job/36-14.htm">Die</a> <a href="/psalms/32-4.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/psalms/18-45.htm">Fade</a> <a href="/psalms/23-2.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/psalms/23-2.htm">Green</a> <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Greenness</a> <a href="/job/38-27.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/job/40-22.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/psalms/31-2.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/psalms/18-44.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/psalms/31-2.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/psalms/25-6.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Wither</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/37-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/41-5.htm">Die</a> <a href="/psalms/42-2.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/psalms/109-23.htm">Fade</a> <a href="/psalms/58-7.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Green</a> <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Greenness</a> <a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/psalms/38-22.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/psalms/37-36.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/psalms/69-17.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/psalms/40-11.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/psalms/37-19.htm">Wither</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/37-1.htm">David persuades to patience and confidence in God, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/37-12.htm">by the different estate of the godly and the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For they wither quickly like grass</b><br>This phrase draws on the imagery of grass, which in the ancient Near East, particularly in Israel, would grow rapidly during the rainy season but quickly wither under the hot sun. This serves as a metaphor for the temporary nature of the wicked's prosperity. The Bible often uses grass to symbolize the fleeting nature of human life and achievements (<a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a>, <a href="/james/1-10.htm">James 1:10-11</a>). The psalmist emphasizes that, despite their apparent success, the wicked will not endure. This reflects the biblical theme of divine justice, where the unrighteous are ultimately held accountable.<p><b>and wilt like tender plants.</b><br>The comparison to tender plants, which are delicate and easily scorched by the sun, further illustrates the fragility and impermanence of the wicked's power and influence. In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, tender plants would be understood as young, vulnerable, and in need of care to survive. This imagery reinforces the idea that the wicked, despite their current strength, lack the enduring foundation that comes from righteousness. The Bible frequently contrasts the fate of the wicked with the righteous, who are likened to trees planted by streams of water, yielding fruit in season (<a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</a>). This serves as a reminder of the ultimate triumph of God's justice and the enduring nature of those who follow His ways.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>- The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/37.htm">Psalm 37</a>, King David, is addressing the righteous, offering wisdom and encouragement in the face of the apparent success of the wicked.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>- Those who do evil and seem to prosper temporarily, but ultimately face God's judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_righteous.htm">The Righteous</a></b><br>- The audience of the Psalm, encouraged to trust in the Lord and not envy the wicked.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>- The nation to whom David originally wrote, often facing the temptation to follow the ways of surrounding nations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord</a></b><br>- The ultimate judge who ensures that justice prevails and the wicked do not endure.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_evil.htm">The Temporary Nature of Evil</a></b><br>The wicked may seem to prosper, but their success is short-lived. Like grass, they will wither away.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_justice.htm">Trust in God's Justice</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to trust in God's timing and justice, knowing that He will ultimately deal with the wicked.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/focus_on_eternal_values.htm">Focus on Eternal Values</a></b><br>Instead of envying the temporary success of the wicked, focus on building treasures in heaven and living a life pleasing to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/patience_and_perseverance.htm">Patience and Perseverance</a></b><br>The righteous are called to be patient and persevere in doing good, trusting that God sees and rewards their faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a></b><br>Unlike the fleeting nature of human endeavors, God's word endures forever and is a firm foundation for life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_12_6_align_with_wicked's_fate.htm">In Job 12:6, how does the idea that “the tents of robbers are at peace” harmonize with other scriptures that insist the wicked are eventually punished? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_94_align_with_swift_judgment.htm">Psalm 94:3–4 depicts the wicked flourishing and boasting; how does this align with other biblical claims that God swiftly judges evil? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_faithful_givers_stay_poor.htm">Proverbs 3:9 commands honoring God with wealth--why do many faithful givers remain poor while the corrupt often thrive?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_wicked_thrive_and_righteous_suffer.htm">In Job 36:6-7, where it states the righteous are exalted while the wicked are cut off, why do wicked individuals often thrive, and the righteous sometimes suffer?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">For they . . .</span>--This inevitable metaphor for the brevity of human life, made still more forcible in an Eastern clime where vegetation is so rapid both in growth and decay, and generally in the Bible applied, without distinction of good or bad, with a mournful sigh over human weakness, becomes here a source of comfort to the godly man.<p><span class= "bld">Green herb.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">greenness of herbage.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For they shall soon be cut down like the grass</span>. So Zophar, in the Book of Job (<a href="/job/20-5.htm">Job 20:5</a>), "The triumphing of the wicked is <span class="accented">short</span>, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment." And, no doubt, if we compare time with eternity, the longest triumph that the wicked ever enjoy is but for a brief space, is soon gone, endures "but for a moment." It has a continuance, however, which to men in this life seems long, often intolerably long; and hence the disturbance which men's minds suffer on account of it (<a href="/job/21-7.htm">Job 21:7, 13</a>; <a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3-16</a>). And wither as the green herb (comp. <a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5, 6</a>; <a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6, 7</a>; <a href="/james/1-10.htm">James 1:10, 11</a>; <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">1 Peter 1:24</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/37-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they wither</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמָּ֑לוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yim·mā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5243.htm">Strong's 5243: </a> </span><span class="str2">Branch to be cut down off, circumcise </span><br /><br /><span class="word">quickly</span><br /><span class="heb">מְהֵרָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(mə·hê·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4120.htm">Strong's 4120: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hurry, promptly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like grass</span><br /><span class="heb">כֶ֭חָצִיר</span> <span class="translit">(ḵe·ḥā·ṣîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2682.htm">Strong's 2682: </a> </span><span class="str2">Green grass, herbage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wilt</span><br /><span class="heb">יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃</span> <span class="translit">(yib·bō·w·lūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5034.htm">Strong's 5034: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wilt, to fall away, fail, faint, to be foolish, wicked, to despise, disgrace</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like tender</span><br /><span class="heb">וּכְיֶ֥רֶק</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·ye·req)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3418.htm">Strong's 3418: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pallor, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation, verdure, grass, vegetation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">plants.</span><br /><span class="heb">דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא</span> <span class="translit">(de·še)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1877.htm">Strong's 1877: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sprout, grass</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/37-2.htm">Psalm 37:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/37-2.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/37-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 37:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 37:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/37-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 37:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 37:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>