Psalms 37:2

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A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.	For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.	Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For they shall soon^H4120 be cut down^H5243 like the grass^H2682, and wither^H5034 as the green^H3418 herb^H1877.

Original Hebrew

כִּי כֶחָצִיר מְהֵרָה יִמָּלוּ וּכְיֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא יִבֹּולוּן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
כֶ֭/חָצִיר	Khe./cha.tzir	H2682	HRd/Ncmsa	like (the)/ grass
מְהֵרָ֣ה	me.he.Rah	H4120	HNcfsa	quickly
יִמָּ֑לוּ	yi.Ma.lu	H5243	HVqi3mp	they will wither
וּ/כְ/יֶ֥רֶק	u./khe./Ye.rek	H3418	HC/R/Ncmsc	and/ like/ (the) greenery of
דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא	De.she'	H1877	HNcmsa	vegetation
יִבּוֹלֽוּ/ן	yi.bo.Lu/n	H5034	HVqi3mp/Sn	they will fade/ !

Strong's References

H1877 — דֶּשֶׁא (desheʼ, deh'-sheh): from דָּשָׁא (dâshâʼ) H1876; a sprout; by analogy, grass; (tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.
H2682 — חָצִיר (châtsîyr, khaw-tseer'): perhaps originally the same as חָצִיר (châtsîyr) H2681, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively); grass, hay, herb, leek.
H3418 — יֶרֶק (yereq, yeh'-rek): from יָרָק (yârâq) H3417 (in the sense of vacuity of color); properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation; grass, green (thing).
H4120 — מְהֵרָה (mᵉhêrâh, meh-hay-raw'): feminine of מַהֵר (mahêr) H4118; properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly; hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.
H5034 — נָבֵל (nâbêl, naw-bale'): a primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace; disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.
H5243 — נָמַל (nâmal, naw-mal'): a primitive root; to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised; (branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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