“The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 37 contains 40 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.