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Psalm 37:20 KJV
Psalms · chapter 37 · verse 20
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.Psalm 37:20 · King James Version
Psalm 37:20 in context
18The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enemiesʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- consumekâlâhto end, whether intransitive or transitivedH3615 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- perishʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- lambskara ram , including a battering-ramH3733 →
- smokeʻâshânsmoke, literally or figurativelyH6227 →
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In these verses we have, I. The foregoing precepts inculcated; for we are so apt to disquiet ourselves with needless fruitless discontents and distrusts that it is necessary there should be precept upon precept, and line upon line, to suppress them and arm us against them. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-20