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Psalm 37:36 KJV
Psalms · chapter 37 · verse 36
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.Psalm 37:36 · King James Version
Psalm 37:36 in context
34Wait 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.
35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
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The psalmist's conclusion of this sermon (for that is the nature of this poem) is of the same purport with the whole, and inculcates the same things. I. The duty here pressed upon us is still the same (Psa 37:34): Wait on the Lord and keep his way.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 34-40