Psalms 37:35 - Exposition

I have seen the wicked in great power, and flourishing like a green bay tree ; rather, as in the margin, like a green tree in his own (or, his native ) soil. Growing, i.e; rankly and luxuriantly, like a leafy shrub, that has never suffered transplantation (comp. Psalms 1:3 ; Ezekiel 31:3 ).