Psalms 37:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קַוֵּ֤ה אֶל־יְהוָ֨ה ׀ וּשְׁמֹ֬ר דַּרְכּ֗וֹ וִֽ֭ירוֹמִמְךָ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אָ֑רֶץ בְּהִכָּרֵ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Transliteration

Qawwēh unto YHWH and šəmōr his darkô, and he will wîrômimkā to lārešet ʾāreṣ; when bəhikkārēt rəšāʿîm you will tirʾeh.

Grammar Details

• *qawwēh*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - wait for/hope in
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
• *šəmōr*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - keep/guard
• *darkô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his way
• *wîrômimkā*: conjunction + Polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and he will exalt you
• *lārešet*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to inherit/possess
• *ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land/earth
• *bəhikkārēt*: preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - when are cut off
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective/noun - wicked ones
• *tirʾeh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will see

Word Meanings

• *qawwēh*: wait for/hope in/expect
• *šəmōr darkô*: keep his way/guard his path/follow his course
• *wîrômimkā*: will exalt you/will lift you up/will honor you
• *lārešet ʾāreṣ*: to inherit the land/to possess the earth
• *bəhikkārēt rəšāʿîm tirʾeh*: when the wicked are cut off you will see/you will witness the destruction of the wicked

Referenced Verses

• Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
• Ps 37:9 : 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.
• Ps 52:5-6 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {H5542} 6 The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying],
• Ps 91:8 : 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wicked.
• Ps 92:10-11 : 10 But my horn hast thou exalted like [the horn of] the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil. 11 Mine eye also hath seen [my desire] on mine enemies, Mine ears have heard [my desire] of the evil-doers that rise up against me.
• Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
• Prov 4:25-27 : 25 Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
• Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
• Prov 20:22 : 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
• Matt 24:13 : 13 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
• Luke 14:11 : 11 For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
• Ps 37:3 : 3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his] faithfulness.
• Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in Jehovah, 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.
• Job 17:9 : 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
• Job 23:10-12 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.