Psalm 37:34
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
רוּם
rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
נָחַל
nâchal
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Key Terms in This Verse
רוּם rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Study H7311 →נָחַל nâchal
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
Study H5157 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Rest 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.
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
That 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 honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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