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34 Wait for the Lord
    and follow the path he has laid out;
then he will exalt you to inherit the land,
    and you will see the destruction of the wicked.
35 [a]I have seen a wicked man inflicting terror
    and towering like a verdant tree.
36 I passed by again, and he was gone;
    I searched for him, but he was not to be found.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:35 God confounds the proud (see Job 20:6f; Isa 2:12; 14:13-15; Ezek 31:10f). Verdant tree: or “cedar of Lebanon.”

34 Hope in the Lord(A)
    and keep his way.(B)
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
    when the wicked are destroyed,(C) you will see(D) it.

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(E) like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(F)

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