King James Version
Psalms 37:34 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Psalms 37:34 · KJV
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
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.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. a green: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
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“Wait”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“on the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“his way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“and he shall exalt”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“thee to inherit”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
“are cut off”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
“thou shalt see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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