35 I have seen the wicked strong, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

36 Yet he [a]passed away, and lo, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be found.

37 [b]Mark the upright man, and behold the just: for the end of that man is peace.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:36 So that the prosperity of the wicked is but as a cloud, which vanisheth away in a moment.
  2. Psalm 37:37 He exhorteth the faithful to mark diligently the examples both of God’s mercies, and also of his judgments.

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(A) 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.(B)

37 Consider the blameless,(C) observe the upright;(D)
    a future awaits those who seek peace.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:37 Or upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity