Psalms 37:32 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 37:32

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

KJV

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ASV

The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

WEB

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

YLT

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

DBT

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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41 verses on the floor

Psalms 116:15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Mark 3:2
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
Psalms 41:2
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Daniel 6:11
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
Luke 11:54
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

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37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the L ORD : he is their strength in the time of trouble.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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