Psalm 37/Notes/Grammar.vv. 39-40.979306

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The yiqtol verbs in v. 40b might continue the habitual semantics of the previous clauses (so NIV, NLT, ESV, GNT, NET, NJPS). However, the use of a different form (yiqtol instead of wayyiqtol) probably implies a different meaning. The imminent and certain destruction of the wicked has featured so much in this psalm it seems fitting to take these last yiqtols as expressing certainty about a future event.