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Psalm 37:10

For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.

8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.
9For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.
10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.
11But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
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Notice

The empty place where the wicked once stood makes their end concrete, while “a little while” can feel hard to trust when harm continues.

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What makes “a little while” hard to hear when you think about injustice today?

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Whose power seems permanent to you, and how does the empty place in this verse challenge that impression?

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How does the warning against wrath in verse 8 shape your response to the wicked disappearing?

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Job 24:24They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of …Both passages use “a little while” to describe how soon people who seem established can be gone.
Psalm 37:36But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.Both picture a search that finds no trace of the person who once occupied a place.
Psalm 103:16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.Both connect disappearance with a place that no longer bears the presence of what was there.
Psalm 37:35–36I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.Both concern the wicked in their place, with verse 35 describing great power and verse 10 describing absence.
1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.Both speak of an approaching end, though Peter addresses the end of all things and the psalm the wicked.
Psalm 107:42–43The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.Both describe an end to the wicked’s present activity: disappearance in Psalm 37 and closed mouths in Psalm 107.
Revelation 12:8They didn’t prevail. No place was found for them any more in heaven.Both describe a loss of place, though Revelation specifies heaven and the psalm does not.
Hebrews 10:36–37For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.Both look toward an outcome still ahead, with the psalm naming a short wait and Hebrews naming the need for endurance.
Job 7:10He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.Both describe someone absent from his former place, though Job speaks of death without identifying the person as wicked.
Revelation 6:10–11They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”Both concern the wait for judgment: the psalm declares the wicked’s coming absence, while Revelation records a cry for vengeance.
Luke 16:27–28The shared detail is slight: each mentions a personal place, but Luke’s request does not itself describe the wicked disappearing.
Job 20:8–9He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.Both portray a person disappearing beyond discovery, with Job using a vanishing dream and the psalm an empty place.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. waiting. fear for the future.

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Something small to carry out of this verse

Read verses 8–12 and write what waiting requires

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Encouragement

No date is given for the empty place, and waiting can be hard. Within this psalm’s account of God’s judgment, the wicked have no lasting claim to the place they occupy.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).