37:8 Do not be angry and frustrated! 1
Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!
37:9 Wicked men 2 will be wiped out, 3
but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. 4
37:10 Evil men will soon disappear; 5
you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone. 6
1 tn Heb “Refrain from anger! Abandon rage!”
2 tn Heb “for evil men.” The conjunction כִּי (ki, “for”) relates to the exhortations in v. 8; there is no reason to be frustrated, for the evildoers will be punished in due time.
3 tn Or “cut off, removed.”
4 tn Heb “and those who wait on the
5 tn Heb “and yet, a little, there will be no wicked [one].”
6 tn Heb “and you will carefully look upon his place, but he will not be [there].” The singular is used here in a representative sense; the typical evildoer is in view.