Psalms 37:29

THE MESSAGE

class="psalm-title"> A David Psalm Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun. Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God , get in on the best. Open up before God , keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon. Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. Bridle 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. Before 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. Bad 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. Bullies 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. Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God -strong. 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. God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air. Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. Stalwart walks in step with God ; his path blazed by God , he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. I once was young, now I'm a graybeard— not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud. Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The righteous will inherit the landand dwell in it permanently.

Hebrew Names Version
The righteous shall inherit the land, And live in it forever.

King James Version
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

English Standard Version
The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.

New Century Version
Good people will inherit the land and will live in it forever.

New English Translation
The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently.

Amplified Bible
The righteous will inherit the land And live in it forever.

New American Standard Bible
The righteous will inherit the land And dwell in it forever.

World English Bible
The righteous shall inherit the land, And live in it forever.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The righteous men shall inherit the lande, and dwell therein for euer.

Legacy Standard Bible
The righteous will inherit the landAnd dwell in it forever.

Berean Standard Bible
The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

Contemporary English Version
God's people will own the land and live here forever.

Complete Jewish Bible
The righteous will inherit the land and live in it forever.

Darby Translation
The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Easy-to-Read Version
Good people will get the land God promised and will live on it forever.

George Lamsa Translation
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Good News Translation
The righteous will possess the land and live in it forever.

Lexham English Bible
The righteous will possess the land and abide in it forever.

Literal Translation
The righteous shall inherit the earth and live on it forever.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
as for the sede of the vngodly, it shalbe roted out.

American Standard Version
The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.

Bible in Basic English
The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

King James Version (1611)
The righteous shall inherite the land, and dwell therein for euer.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The righteous shal inherite the land: and dwell therin for euer.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.

English Revised Version
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But iust men schulen enerite the lond; and schulen enabite theronne in to the world of world.

Update Bible Version
The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

New King James Version
The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell in it forever.

New Living Translation
The godly will possess the land and will live there forever.

New Life Bible
Those who are right with God will be given the land, and live on it forever.

New Revised Standard
The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The righteous, shall inherit the earth, that they may settle down, to futurity, thereupon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-29) But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.

Revised Standard Version
The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell upon it for ever.

Young's Literal Translation
The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The righteous will inherit the land And dwell in it forever.

Contextual Overview

²¹Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. ²³Stalwart walks in step with God ; his path blazed by God , he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. ²⁵I once was young, now I'm a graybeard— not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud. ²⁷Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots. Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's. Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head. Wait passionately for God , don't leave the path. He'll give you your place in the sun while you watch the wicked lose it. I saw Wicked bloated like a toad, croaking pretentious nonsense. The next time I looked there was nothing— a punctured bladder, vapid and limp. Keep your eye on the healthy soul, scrutinize the straight life; There's a future in strenuous wholeness. But the willful will soon be discarded; insolent souls are on a dead-end street. The spacious, free life is from God , it's also protected and safe. God -strengthened, we're delivered from evil— when we run to him, he saves us. ²⁹class="psalm-title"> A David Psalm Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun. Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God , get in on the best. Open up before God , keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon. Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. Bridle 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. Before 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. Bad 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. Bullies 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. Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God -strong. 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. God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air. Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. Stalwart walks in step with God ; his path blazed by God , he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. I once was young, now I'm a graybeard— not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud. Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots. ³⁰Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's. ³²Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 37:9, Psalms 37:11, Psalms 37:18, Psalms 37:27, Deuteronomy 30:20, Proverbs 2:21, 2 Peter 3:13, Revelation 21:3, Revelation 21:4, Revelation 21:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:15 - General Psalms 25:13 - inherit Proverbs 10:30 - never Matthew 5:5 - they 1 Timothy 4:8 - having

Cross-References

Genesis 34:13
Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father with cunning. Their sister, after all, had been raped. They said, "This is impossible. We could never give our sister to a man who was uncircumcised. Why, we'd be disgraced. The only condition on which we can talk business is if all your men become circumcised like us. Then we will freely exchange daughters in marriage and make ourselves at home among you and become one big, happy family. But if this is not an acceptable condition, we will take our sister and leave."

Genesis 37:34
Jacob tore his clothes in grief, dressed in rough burlap, and mourned his son a long, long time. His sons and daughters tried to comfort him but he refused their comfort. "I'll go to the grave mourning my son." Oh, how his father wept for him.

Genesis 44:13
They ripped their clothes in despair, loaded up their donkeys, and went back to the city.

Numbers 14:6
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, members of the scouting party, ripped their clothes and addressed the assembled People of Israel: "The land we walked through and scouted out is a very good land—very good indeed. If God is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land that flows, as they say, with milk and honey. And he'll give it to us. Just don't rebel against God ! And don't be afraid of those people. Why, we'll have them for lunch! They have no protection and God is on our side. Don't be afraid of them!"

2 Kings 19:1
When Hezekiah heard it all, he too ripped his robes apart and dressed himself in rough burlap. Then he went into The Temple of God . He sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, all of them dressed in rough burlap, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. They said to him, "A message from Hezekiah: ‘This is a black day, a terrible day—doomsday! Babies poised to be born, No strength to birth them.

Job 1:20
Job got to his feet, ripped his robe, shaved his head, then fell to the ground and worshiped:

Joel 2:13
Change your life, not just your clothes. Come back to God , your God. And here's why: God is kind and merciful. He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot, This most patient God, extravagant in love, always ready to cancel catastrophe. Who knows? Maybe he'll do it now, maybe he'll turn around and show pity. Maybe, when all's said and done, there'll be blessings full and robust for your God !

Acts 14:14
When Barnabas and Paul finally realized what was going on, they stopped them. Waving their arms, they interrupted the parade, calling out, "What do you think you're doing! We're not gods! We are men just like you, and we're here to bring you the Message, to persuade you to abandon these silly god-superstitions and embrace God himself, the living God. We don't make God; he makes us, and all of this—sky, earth, sea, and everything in them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The righteous shall inherit the land,....

:- and

:-;

and dwell therein for ever; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The righteous shall inherit the land - See Psalms 37:3. The word “inherit” suggests the idea that they are heirs, and that God will treat them as His children.

And dwell therein forever - Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:18, Psalms 37:27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:29. The righteous shall inherit the land — If this be not another promise of return to their own land, from that of their captivity, it must be spiritually understood, and refer to their eternal dwelling with God in glory.