Footnotes

1. Psalm 37:9 tn Heb “for evil men.” The conjunction כִּי (ki, “for”) relates to the exhortations in v. 8; there is no reason to be frustrated, for the evildoers will be punished in due time.
2. Psalm 37:9 tn Or “cut off, removed.”
3. Psalm 37:9 tn Heb “and those who wait on the Lord, they will possess the land.”
4. Psalm 37:10 tn Heb “and yet, a little, there will be no wicked [one].”
5. Psalm 37:10 tn Heb “and you will carefully look upon his place, but he will not be [there].” The singular is used here in a representative sense; the typical evildoer is in view.
6. Psalm 37:11 tn Heb “and they will take delight in (see v. 4) abundance of peace.”