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Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice, and he will never abandon the godly. He will keep them safe forever, but the children of the wicked will die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice And does not abandon His godly ones; They are protected forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be eliminated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever; But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For Yahweh loves justice And will not forsake His holy ones; They are kept forever, But the seed of the wicked will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD delights in justice And does not abandon His saints (faithful ones); They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will [in time] be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice and will not abandon his faithful ones. They are kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked will be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice and will not abandon His faithful ones. They are kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked will be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD loves justice, and he won't ever desert his faithful people. He always protects them, but destroys the children of the wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They will be kept safe forever, but the descendants of wicked people will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />for the LORD loves what is right and does not abandon his faithful people. He protects them forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, the LORD loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They are kept safe forever, but the lawless will be chased away, and the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice, and doesn't forsake his faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For YHWH is loving judgment, "" And He does not forsake His saintly ones, "" They have been kept for all time, "" And the seed of the wicked is cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For Jehovah love's judgment, and he will not forsake his godly ones; forever they were watched, and the seed of the unjust was cut off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints : they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 36:28>For the Lord loves judgment, and he will not abandon his saints. They will be kept safe in eternity. The unjust will be punished, and the offspring of the impious will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice and does not abandon the faithful. When the unjust are destroyed, and the offspring of the wicked cut off, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD loves justice, and he forsakes not his righteous ones; he keeps them for ever; but the seed of the wicked, he destroys.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because LORD JEHOVAH loves judgment and does not forsake his righteous ones, but keeps them for eternity, and the seed of the wicked he destroys.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the LORD loveth justice, And forsaketh not His saints; They are preserved for ever; But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/37-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=4297" 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">27</span>Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ō·hêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">loves</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pāṭ (N-ms) -- Judgment. ">justice</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ya·‘ă·zōḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">forsake</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2623.htm" title="2623: ḥă·sî·ḏāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Kind, pious. From chacad; properly, kind, i.e. pious.">His saints.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: niš·mā·rū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">They are preserved</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: lə·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">forever,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: wə·ze·ra‘ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">but the offspring</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rə·šā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">of the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: niḵ·rāṯ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">will be cut off.</a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.…<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="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a></span><br />Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Isaiah 49:15-16</a></span><br />“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you! / Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-10.htm">Isaiah 54:10</a></span><br />Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-6.htm">Deuteronomy 31:6</a></span><br />Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a></span><br />Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-38.htm">Romans 8:38-39</a></span><br />For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-29</a></span><br />I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-5.htm">1 Peter 1:5</a></span><br />who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/2-8.htm">Proverbs 2:8</a></span><br />to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Proverbs 3:25-26</a></span><br />Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked, / for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9</a></span><br />He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/94-14.htm">Psalm 94:14</a></span><br />For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/121-3.htm">Psalm 121:3-4</a></span><br />He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. / Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Psalm 145:20</a></span><br />The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the LORD loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.</p><p class="hdg">loveth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-7.htm">Psalm 11:7</a></b></br> For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/45-6.htm">Psalm 45:6,7</a></b></br> Thy throne, O God, <i>is</i> for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom <i>is</i> a right sceptre… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/99-4.htm">Psalm 99:4</a></b></br> The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.</p><p class="hdg">forsaketh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-25.htm">Psalm 37:25,40</a></b></br> I have been young, and <i>now</i> am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/92-13.htm">Psalm 92:13-15</a></b></br> Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/59-21.htm">Isaiah 59:21</a></b></br> As for me, this <i>is</i> my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that <i>is</i> upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.</p><p class="hdg">but</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-10.htm">Psalm 21:10</a></b></br> Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-19.htm">Job 18:19</a></b></br> He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/37-27.htm">Age</a> <a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Care</a> <a href="/psalms/37-26.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/37-22.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/37-26.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/psalms/37-17.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/33-4.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/psalms/37-27.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/37-8.htm">Forsake</a> <a href="/job/6-14.htm">Forsaketh</a> <a href="/psalms/32-6.htm">Godly</a> <a href="/psalms/37-6.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/psalms/37-6.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/psalms/35-13.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/33-5.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/psalms/36-10.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/21-10.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/psalms/37-22.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/job/29-2.htm">Preserved</a> <a href="/psalms/37-25.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/psalms/37-6.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/37-3.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/psalms/34-9.htm">Saints</a> <a href="/psalms/37-26.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/psalms/37-21.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Age</a> <a href="/psalms/38-18.htm">Care</a> <a href="/psalms/45-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/psalms/37-34.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/69-36.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/psalms/37-40.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/50-5.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/psalms/37-29.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/38-21.htm">Forsake</a> <a href="/psalms/94-14.htm">Forsaketh</a> <a href="/psalms/50-5.htm">Godly</a> <a href="/psalms/37-30.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/psalms/37-30.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/psalms/38-9.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/44-26.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/105-6.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/psalms/66-9.htm">Preserved</a> <a href="/psalms/37-29.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/psalms/37-30.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/37-40.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/psalms/50-5.htm">Saints</a> <a href="/psalms/69-36.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/psalms/37-32.htm">Wicked</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'; 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The Hebrew word for "LORD" here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature. The word "loves" is translated from the Hebrew "ahav," which conveys a deep, abiding affection and commitment. "Justice" is from the Hebrew "mishpat," which refers to God's righteous order and His moral governance of the world. This phrase assures believers that God is inherently just and that His love for justice is unwavering, providing a foundation for trust in His righteous rule.<p><b>and will not forsake His saints</b><br />The word "forsake" comes from the Hebrew "azab," meaning to leave or abandon. This is a powerful promise of God's faithfulness. "His saints" refers to the "chasidim," those who are faithful and devoted to God, often translated as "godly ones" or "holy ones." This phrase reassures believers of God's steadfast presence and commitment to those who are devoted to Him, emphasizing that He will never abandon them, even in times of trial.<p><b>They are preserved forever</b><br />"Preserved" is from the Hebrew "shamar," which means to keep, guard, or watch over. This conveys the idea of divine protection and care. "Forever" translates the Hebrew "olam," indicating an unending duration. This phrase promises eternal security for the faithful, highlighting God's eternal nature and His ability to safeguard His people throughout all time.<p><b>but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off</b><br />The word "descendants" is derived from the Hebrew "zera," meaning seed or offspring. This contrasts the fate of the wicked with that of the righteous. "Wicked" is from the Hebrew "rasha," referring to those who are morally wrong or guilty. "Cut off" comes from the Hebrew "karath," meaning to sever or destroy. This phrase serves as a warning of the ultimate judgment and separation that awaits those who live in opposition to God's ways, underscoring the moral order established by God where justice prevails.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">For the Lord.</span>--In the Hebrew the stanza that should begin with the letter <span class= "ital">ayin </span>is wanting, but may be restored by a very slight change, to agree with the Codex Alex., of the LXX., the Vulg. and Symmachus. "The unjust shall be punished."<p>Probably the transcriber was misled by the <span class= "ital">tsadde </span>of the next verse, since that letter and <span class= "ital">ayin </span>were often interchanged. (See Note, <a href="/psalms/34-14.htm" title="Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.">Psalm 34:14</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For the Lord loveth</span> <span class="cmt_word">judgment</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/11-7.htm">Psalm 11:7</a>). "Judgment" - <span class="hebrew">משׁפט</span> - is here "justice," "righteousness;" as in <a href="/psalms/33-5.htm">Psalm 33:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/99-4.htm">Psalm 99:4</a>; <a href="/psalms/103-6.htm">Psalm 103:6</a>, etc. <span class="cmt_word">And forsaketh not his saints</span> (see ver. 25; and comp. <a href="/isaiah/41-17.htm">Isaiah 41:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Isaiah 42:16</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">They are preserved for ever</span>. Something has probably fallen out at the commencement of this line, which ought to begin with the letter <span class="accented">ain.</span> But the seed of the wicked shall be out off. The wicked shall perish, not only in their own persons, but in their posterity, who shall be "cut off from the land of the living" (<a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm">Isaiah 53:8</a>), and have "their name blotted out" (<a href="/psalms/109-13.htm">Psalm 109:13</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/37-28.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">כִּ֤י</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">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֨ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">loves</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֘הֵ֤ב</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">justice</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁפָּ֗ט</span> <span class="translit">(miš·pāṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> </span><span class="str2">A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forsake</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲזֹ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·zōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His saints.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲ֭סִידָיו</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·sî·ḏāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2623.htm">Strong's 2623: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kind, pious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They are preserved</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁמָ֑רוּ</span> <span class="translit">(niš·mā·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forever,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעוֹלָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but the offspring</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזֶ֖רַע</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ze·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">רְשָׁעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be cut off.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִכְרָֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(niḵ·rāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/37-28.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 37:28 For Yahweh loves justice and doesn't forsake (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/37-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 37:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 37:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/37-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 37:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 37:29" /></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>