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Psalms Chapter 37 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, `it tendeth' only to evil-doing.
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BBE Psalms 37:8

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
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DARBY Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it [would be] only to do evil.
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KJV Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
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WBT Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
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WEB Psalms 37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.
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YLT Psalms 37:8

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; i.e. such anger and such wrath as the prosperity of the wicked calls forth. Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil; rather, fret not thyself, only to do evil. No result could be looked for from the sort of "fretting" spoken of, but an evil one. If men will dwell unduly on the fact of the prosperity of the wicked, and brood upon it in their hearts, they will be apt, in the first instance, to envy the wicked, which is at once "to do evil;" and from this they will be naturally tempted to go on to an imitation of their wicked practices, which is to assimilate themselves altogether to the enemies of God, and to be guilty of practical apostasy (comp. Psalm 73:2, "But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well-nigh supped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked").

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) In any wise to do evil . . .--Better, only to do evil, i.e., only evil can come of it. Comp. Proverbs 14:23, "tendeth only to penury."