“Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!”
“Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way.”
“Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.”
Three times in eight verses David reminds
his readers not to get worked up over the apparent success of people who make
their own way in life by taking moral shortcuts.
If the righteous need this many reminders, fretting
must be a very common problem, right?
Right.