Psalm 37:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁷ Be still before the LORD, and wait for him. Don’t get upset when someone gets ahead— someone who invents evil schemes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.

Psalm 37:7 Cross References

Psalm 27:14

Wait on the LORD: Be strong, and let thine heart take courage; Yea, wait thou on the LORD.

Psalm 62:5

My soul, wait thou only upon God; For my expectation is from him.

Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

Psalm 40:1

I waited patiently for the LORD; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Isaiah 30:15

For thus said the Lord GOD the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not,

Psalm 62:1

My soul waiteth only upon God: From him cometh my salvation.

Galatians 6:9

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Joshua 10:12

Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of judgement and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Jonah 1:11

Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

Daniel 11:36

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods: and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

Psalm 50:8

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

Esther 3:15

The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace: and the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

Job 35:14

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!