Psalms 37:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, [it tendeth] only to evil-doing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֶ֣רֶף מֵ֭אַף וַעֲזֹ֣ב חֵמָ֑ה אַל־תִּ֝תְחַ֗ר אַךְ־לְהָרֵֽעַ׃

Transliteration

Herep from ʾap and ʿăzōb ḥēmâ; do not titḥar only to ləhārēaʿ.

Grammar Details

• *herep*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - cease/desist/let go
• *mēʾap*: preposition + masculine singular noun - from anger
• *ʿăzōb*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - abandon/forsake
• *ḥēmâ*: feminine singular noun - wrath/rage/hot anger
• *titḥar*: Hithpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - fret yourself
• *ʾak*: adverb - only/surely
• *ləhārēaʿ*: preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to do evil

Word Meanings

• *herep*: cease/desist/let go/refrain
• *ʾap*: anger/nose/face
• *ʿăzōb*: abandon/forsake/leave
• *ḥēmâ*: wrath/rage/hot anger/fury
• *ʾak-ləhārēaʿ*: only to do evil/only leads to evil-doing/surely to do harm

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
• Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
• Eph 4:26 : 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
• Jas 3:14-18 : 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first {G3303} pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, {G2532} without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
• Prov 16:32 : 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
• Job 5:2 : 2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
• Col 3:8 : 8 but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
• Jas 1:19-20 : 19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
• Luke 9:54-55 : 54 And when his disciples James and John saw [this], they said, Lord, wilt thou that we bid fire to come down from heaven, and consume them? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them.
• 1 Sam 25:21-23 : 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good. 22 God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one {H8366} man-child. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.
• Job 18:4 : 4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
• Ps 31:22 : 22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
• Ps 73:15 : 15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
• Ps 116:11 : 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
• Jer 20:14-15 : 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
• Jonah 4:1 : 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
• Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.