Psalms 37:17

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,but the Lord supports the righteous.

Hebrew Names Version
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the LORD upholds the righteous.

King James Version
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

English Standard Version
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

New Century Version
The power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord supports those who do right.

New English Translation
for evil men will lose their power, but the Lord sustains the godly.

Amplified Bible
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But the LORD upholds and sustains the righteous [who seek Him].

New American Standard Bible
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But the LORD sustains the righteous.

World English Bible
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But Yahweh upholds the righteous.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,But Yahweh sustains the righteous.

Berean Standard Bible
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Contemporary English Version
The wicked will lose all of their power, but the Lord gives strength to everyone who is good.

Complete Jewish Bible
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but Adonai upholds the righteous.

Darby Translation
for the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

Easy-to-Read Version
The wicked will be destroyed, but the Lord cares for those who are good.

George Lamsa Translation
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Good News Translation
because the Lord will take away the strength of the wicked, but protect those who are good.

Lexham English Bible
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh supports the righteous.

Literal Translation
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but Jehovah upholds the righteous.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the armes of ye vngodly shalbe broken, but the LORDE vpholdeth the rightuous.

American Standard Version
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.

Bible in Basic English
For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

King James Version (1611)
For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the righteous.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.

English Revised Version
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the armes of synneris schal be al to-brokun; but the Lord confermeth iust men.

Update Bible Version
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Yahweh upholds the righteous.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

New King James Version
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the LORD upholds the righteous.

New Living Translation
For the strength of the wicked will be shattered, but the Lord takes care of the godly.

New Life Bible
For the arms of the sinful will be broken. But the Lord holds up those who are right with Him.

New Revised Standard
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, the arms of the lawless, shall be broken, But Yahweh is upholding the righteous.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-17) For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

Revised Standard Version
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Young's Literal Translation
For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But the Lord sustains the righteous.

Contextual Overview

⁷ Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. ⁸Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes—it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God -investors will soon own the store. ¹⁰Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; you'll stare at his once famous place and—nothing! Down-to-earth people will move in and take over, relishing a huge bonanza. ¹²Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line. ¹⁴Bullies brandish their swords, pull back on their bows with a flourish. They're out to beat up on the harmless, or mug that nice man out walking his dog. A banana peel lands them flat on their faces— slapstick figures in a moral circus. ¹⁶Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God -strong. ¹⁸ God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do won't soon be forgotten. In hard times, they'll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, they'll be full. ²⁰ God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

arms: Psalms 10:15, Job 38:15, Ezekiel 30:21-25

Lord: Psalms 37:24, Psalms 41:12, Psalms 51:12, Psalms 63:8, Psalms 119:116, Psalms 119:117, Psalms 145:14, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 42:1, Jude 1:24

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:4 - The bows 1 Samuel 2:31 - I will cut Job 5:12 - disappointeth Job 22:9 - arms Psalms 73:23 - thou hast Jeremiah 48:25 - and his Ezekiel 30:22 - will break Romans 14:4 - he shall 1 Corinthians 1:8 - confirm

Cross-References

2 Kings 6:13
The king said, "Go and find out where he is. I'll send someone and capture him." The report came back, "He's in Dothan."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,.... That is, their sword arm, with which they have drawn it; and so shall not be able to strike with it; and with which they have bent their bows, but shall not be able to shoot: and this proves, what is before suggested, that their efforts shall be fruitless; or their substance shall be taken away from them, in which they trusted, and wherein their strength lay; and this confirms what had been just spoken, that the righteous man's little is better than the wicked man's much; and which is further confirmed by what follows;

but the Lord upholdeth the righteous; both in a providential way, by supporting them in their being, supplying their need, preserving them from dangers, and bearing them up under all their afflictions; and in a spiritual way, by maintaining the principle of grace and life in them, by furnishing them with all spiritual blessings, by sustaining them in times of temptation, and by securing them safe from their enemies; upholding them so as that they stand in the grace of God now, and shall stand before Christ with confidence hereafter; and shall not fall here finally and totally, nor in the day of judgment. The Targum is, "the Word of the Lord upholdeth the righteous".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken - See the notes at Psalms 10:15. The “arm” is the instrument by which we accomplish a purpose; and the meaning here is, that that will be broken on which the wicked rely, or, in other words, that their plans will fail, and that they will be disappointed - as a man is rendered helpless whose arms are broken. Compare the notes at Job 38:15.

But the Lord upholdeth the righteous - The Lord will sustain and strengthen him. While the plans of the wicked will be defeated, while they themselves will be overthrown, and fail to accomplish their purposes of wickedness, the Lord will uphold the righteous, and enable them fully to carry out their plans. Their great scheme or purpose of life, the promotion of the glory of God, and the salvation of their own souls, will be fully accomplished - for in that purpose God will be their helper and friend.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:17. The arms of the wicked — Their power to do evil. Of this they are often deprived. Talents lent and abused shall be resumed, and the misuser called to a severe account by the Lord of the talents.