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Psalms 37:35
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I have seen a wicked, violent personwell-rooted, like a flourishing native tree.
I have seen the wicked in great power, Spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.
I saw a wicked and cruel man who looked strong like a healthy tree in good soil.
I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.
I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power] Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
I have seen a wicked, violent person Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
I have seen the wicked in great power, Spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
I have seen a wicked, ruthless manSpreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
I have seen brutal people abuse others and grow strong like trees in rich soil.
I have seen a wicked man wielding great power, flourishing like a shade tree in its native soil.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:
I once saw a wicked man who was powerful. He was like a strong, healthy tree.
For I have seen the wicked boasting and spreading himself like stout forest trees;
I once knew someone wicked who was a tyrant; he towered over everyone like a cedar of Lebanon;
I have seen the wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.
I have seen the wicked ruthless, even spreading himself out like a luxuriant, native tree ;
Hope thou in the LORDE, & kepe his waye: & he shal so promote the, that thou shalt haue the lode by enheritauce, & se, when the vngodly shall perishe.
I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.
I haue seene the wicked in great power: and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree.
I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree.
I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
I have seen a very sinful man spreading himself like a green tree in its home land.
I have seen the wicked oppressing, and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
(36-35) I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
I have seen a wicked man overbearing, and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,
I saw Wicked bloated like a toad, croaking pretentious nonsense. The next time I looked there was nothing— a punctured bladder, vapid and limp.
I have seen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I have: Psalms 73:3-11, Esther 5:11, Job 5:3, Job 21:7-17, Isaiah 14:14-19
a green bay tree: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil, Job 8:13-19, Ezekiel 31:6-10, Ezekiel 31:18, Daniel 4:20-33
Reciprocal: Genesis 36:15 - Eliphaz Judges 4:17 - fled 1 Kings 16:15 - seven Esther 5:12 - to morrow Esther 7:9 - Hang him thereon Job 8:16 - green Job 12:6 - tabernacles Job 19:10 - mine hope Job 20:5 - the triumphing Job 24:24 - are exalted Psalms 37:2 - General Psalms 37:9 - evildoers Psalms 37:10 - wicked Psalms 52:5 - pluck Psalms 58:8 - pass Psalms 73:12 - these Psalms 73:18 - thou castedst Psalms 92:7 - wicked Proverbs 12:7 - wicked Proverbs 21:12 - wisely Isaiah 41:12 - shalt seek Isaiah 51:13 - where is Jeremiah 12:1 - Wherefore doth Jeremiah 49:10 - he is not Jeremiah 49:25 - General Ezekiel 31:5 - his height Ezekiel 31:8 - nor any Daniel 4:10 - a tree Daniel 11:4 - he shall stand Luke 16:25 - thy good 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring James 1:10 - because James 1:11 - so
Cross-References
Laban answeride hym, The douytris, and thi sones, and flockis, and alle thingis whiche thou seest, ben myne, what mai Y do to my sones, and to the sones of sones?
and seide, Sle we not the lijf of hym, nether schede we out his blood, but caste ye hym into an eeld cisterne, which is in the wildirnesse, and kepe ye youre hondis gilteles. Forsothe he seide this, willynge to delyuere hym fro her hondis, and to yelde to his fadir.
Therfor Judas seide to hise britheren, What schal it profite to vs, if we schulen sle oure brother, and schulen hide his blood?
And Ruben turnede ayen to the cisterne, and foond not the child;
Forsothe thei token his coote, and dippiden in the blood of a kide, which thei hadden slayn; and senten men that baren to the fadir,
to whom we answeriden, We ben pesible, nether we purposen ony tresouns;
And Jacob seide, My sone schal not go doun with you; his brother is deed, he aloone is left; if ony aduersite schal bifalle `to hym in the lond to which ye schulen go, ye schulen lede forth myn hoore heeris with sorewe to hellis.
and he seide, It suffisith to me, if Joseph my sone lyueth yit, Y schal go and `Y schal se hym bifore that Y die.
Sotheli the eldere men of his hows camen, and constreyneden hym `bi meke preieris, that he schulde rise fro the erthe; and he nolde, nethir he eet mete with hem.
Therfor thre frendis of Joob herden al the yuel, that hadde bifelde to hym, and camen ech man fro his place, Eliphath Temanytes, and Baldach Suythes, and Sophar Naamathites; for thei `hadden seide togidere to hem silf, that thei wolden come togidere, and visite hym, and coumforte.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I have seen the wicked in great power,.... Meaning some particular person invested with great power, in great authority among men, one of the spiritual wickednesses in high places; such a man as Haman in Ahasuerus's court; and though the psalmist does not choose to mention his name, he doubtless had him in his mind; as either Saul, or Doeg the Edomite, or Ahithophel, or some such man, who was in an exalted station of life; and it may be when he himself was in low and distressed circumstances: the word used c signifies one formidable and terrible, striking terror to all around; of whom others are afraid, as Aben Ezra interprets it, Isaiah 29:20;
and spreading himself like a green bay tree: or like one that grows up out of the earth of itself, and is in its native soil, and very flourishing: and the metaphor denotes an increase of riches and honour, and a seemingly settled state in the enjoyment of such outward felicity; so Jarchi interprets it משריש, "taking root"; as well as such a man's glorying in and boasting of his affluence and fulness; see
Psalms 73:12. Aben Ezra explains it of a wicked man's openly committing iniquity, declaring his sin as Sodom, and glorying in his shame; but rather it denotes a man in great authority and esteem, as a man crowned with laurels, and in a very exalted and triumphant state.
c עדיץ "terrificam", Montanus, Vatablus; "terribilem ant formidabilem", Gejerus, Michaelis; "daunting, terrible", Ainsworth.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I have seen - I have had an opportunity, in my long life Psalms 37:25, of witnessing the accuracy of the statement just made, that a righteous man may live to see a confirmation of the truth that wickedness, however prosperous the wicked man may be, will lead to ultimate ruin - as I have had an opportunity of seeing Psalms 37:25-26 the effect of a course of righteousness on the ultimate prosperity and happiness of its possessor. The same experience, with the same result, is referred to in Job 5:3.
In great power - The word used here - עריץ ‛ârı̂yts - means properly “terrible; inspiring terror.” It is applied to God in Jeremiah 20:11; and to powerful nations, Isaiah 25:3. It is also used in a bad sense, as denoting violent, fierce, lawless, or a tyrant, Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 25:4-5; Job 15:20; Job 27:13. Here it may be used in the sense of one who was prosperous and mighty, and as referring to a man who wielded vast power; but there is connected with that also, undoubtedly, the idea that that power was wielded, not for purposes of benevolence, but for injustice, oppression, and wrong. It was a “wicked” man that was thus powerful.
And spreading himself - The word used here means properly to be naked; to make naked; to empty; then, to pour oneself out; and then, to spread oneself abroad. It is applied here to a tree that seems to pour itself out, or to spread itself out in every direction - sending its limbs aloft, and its branches far on every side.
Like a green bay tree - Margin: “a green tree that groweth in its own soil.” The “bay tree” is a species of laurel, but there is no evidence that the original word here refers particularly to this, or specifically to any other tree. The original word אזרח 'ezrâch - is derived from זרח zârach, to rise; and then, to spring up as a plant does, and it properly means here, as expressed in the margin, “a native tree;” that is, a tree that grows in its own soil, or that has not been transplanted. Then, also, it comes to denote a native; one born in the country, not a foreigner: Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 18:26, et al. The idea here is that a tree which thus remains in its own soil is more vigorous, and will attain to a larger growth, than one which is transplanted; and thus the figure becomes an emblem of a prosperous and mighty man. “Perhaps,” also, there is included here, respecting the man, the idea that he has grown up where he is; that he has not been driven from place to place; that he has had uniform prosperity; that on the very soil which gave him birth he has risen to rank, to wealth, to power. His life has been spent in tranquil scenes, where everything seemed to be stable and secure; what his end will be, the psalmist states in the next verse.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 37:35. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. — Does not this refer to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and to the vision he had of the great tree which was in the midst of the earth, the head of which reached up to heaven? See Daniel 4:10, &c.
