Psalms 37:36

"I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Yet he passed away -Compare the notes atJob 20:5. The allusion here, of course, is to the man, and not to the tree, though the grammatical construction might refer to either. The idea is that he passed out of view - β€œhe was gone;” he had no permanent abode on earth, but with all his pomp and splendor he had disappeared. Neither his prosperity, his greatness, nor his wealth, could secure him a permanent abode on earth. It might be said, also, in reply to this, that the good man passes away and is not. That is true.

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