Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 37:10

"For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be." — Psalms 37:10 (ASV)

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be - The time will soon come when they will pass away. The language “shall not be” cannot mean that they will cease to exist altogether, for the connection does not demand this interpretation. All that is intended is that they would be no longer on the earth; they would no longer live to give occasion for anxious thoughts and troubled feelings in the hearts of good people.

Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place - The place where he lived; the house in which he dwelt; the office which he filled; the grounds which he cultivated.

And it shall not be - Or rather, perhaps, as in the first part of the verse, “he is not.” That is, you will not see him there. His seat at the table is vacant; he is no longer seen riding over his grounds; he is no more in the social circle where he found his pleasure, or in the place of business or of revelry: you are impressed with the feeling that “he is gone.” You look where he was, but he is not there; you visit every place where you have been accustomed to see him, “but he is gone.” Alas! where has he gone? .