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## Psalms 37:12-20 in Context (Verses 9–23 KJV)
 
 [9 ](/kjv/psalms/37/9) For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/psalms/37/10) For yet a little while, and the wicked *shall* not *be:* yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it *shall* not *be*.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/psalms/37/11) But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/psalms/37/12) The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.*
 
 [13 ](/kjv/psalms/37/13) The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/psalms/37/14) The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, *and* to slay such as be of upright conversation.*
 
 [15 ](/kjv/psalms/37/15) Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/psalms/37/16) A little that a righteous man hath *is* better than the riches of many wicked.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/psalms/37/17) For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/psalms/37/18) The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/psalms/37/19) They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/psalms/37/20) But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD *shall be* as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.*
 
 [21 ](/kjv/psalms/37/21) The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/psalms/37/22) For *such as be* blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and *they that be* cursed of him shall be cut off.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/psalms/37/23) The steps of a *good* man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.*
 
[Psalms 36](/kjv/psalms/36) [Psalms 38](/kjv/psalms/38)

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