Psalm 37:8
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
חָרָה
chârâh
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָרָה chârâh
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
Study H2734 →שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
For 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.
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.
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
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