Psalms 37:10 (YLT)

Passage

And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

Nearby Context

Psalms 37:8 Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

Psalms 37:9 For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

Psalms 37:10 And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

Psalms 37:11 And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

Psalms 37:12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "little", "wicked", "thou", "hast", "considered", and "place". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "little" and "wicked", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For evil doers are cut off As..." into verse 11's "And the humble do possess the land...", so "little" and "wicked" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "little" and "wicked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.