Psalms 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:28 in other translations
| BSB | For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off. |
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| WEB | For the LORD loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| ASV | For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| YLT | For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off. |
| DARBY | for Jehovah loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: They are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| BBE | For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off. |
| Webster | For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. |
What does Psalms 37:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 37:27-29
27-29. The exhortation is sustained by the assurance of God's essential rectitude in that providential government which provides perpetual blessings for the good, and perpetual misery for the wicked.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 37:21-33
The Lord our God requires that we do justly, and render to all their due. It is a great sin for those that are able, to deny the payment of just debts; it is a great misery not to be able to pay them. He that is truly merciful, will be ever merciful. We must leave our sins; learn to do well, and cleave to it. This is true religion. The blessing of God is the spring, sweetness, and security of all earthly enjoyments…
Psalms 37:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 37:28
- Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
- Psalms 11:7
For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
- Psalms 21:10
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
- Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
- 1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Job 27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Jude 1:1
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
- Isaiah 61:8
For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Isaiah 14:20-21
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
- Psalms 45:6-7
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- 1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
- John 5:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:7; 45:6,7; 99:4; Isa 30:18; 61:8; Jer 9:24
forsaketh.
25,40; 92:13-15; Isa 59:21; Jer 32:40,41; Joh 5:24; 6:39,40
Joh 10:28-30; 15:9; 1Jo 2:19; 1Pe 1:5; Jude 1:1
but.
21:10; Ex 20:5; Job 18:19; 27:14; Pr 2:22; Isa 14:20,21
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Context
- Psalms 37:27
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
- Psalms 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Psalms 37:29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 37:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque Jehová ama la rectitud, y no desampara sus santos: para siempre serán guardados; mas la simiente de los impíos será extirpada. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car l’ Éternel aime la droiture, et il n’abandonnera pas ses saints: ils seront gardés à toujours, mais la semence des méchants sera retranchée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Jehova liebt das Recht und wird seine Frommen nicht verlassen; ewig werden sie bewahrt, aber der Same der Gesetzlosen wird ausgerottet. |