Mazmur 37:32

37:32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly

and try to kill them. ¹ 

Mazmur 118:20

118:20 This is the Lord’s gate –

the godly enter through it.

Mazmur 37:29

37:29 The godly will possess the land

and will dwell in it permanently.

[37:32]  ¹ tn Heb “an evil [one] watches the godly [one] and seeks to kill him.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The active participles describe characteristic behavior.