He (A)perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him (B)will say, ‘Where is he?’
“He flies away like a (C)dream, and they cannot find him;
Even like a vision of the night he is (D)chased away.
“The (E)eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And (F)his place no longer beholds him.

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he will perish forever,(A) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(B)
Like a dream(C) he flies away,(D) no more to be found,
    banished(E) like a vision of the night.(F)
The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.(G)

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35 I have (A)seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a (B)luxuriant [a]tree in its native soil.
36 Then [b]he passed away, and lo, he (C)was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:35 Lit native; Heb obscure
  2. Psalm 37:36 Ancient versions read I passed by

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(A) like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(B)

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14 At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning (A)they are no more.
[a]Such will be the portion of those who plunder us
And the lot of those who pillage us.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 17:14 Lit This

14 In the evening, sudden(A) terror!(B)
    Before the morning, they are gone!(C)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    the lot of those who plunder us.

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