Psalms 37
1A Psalm of David. Fret not yourself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them thatdo iniquity.2For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the greenherbs.
3Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed withthe wealth of it.
4Delightyourself in the Lord; and he shall grant you the requests of your heart.
5Disclose your way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bringit to pass.
6And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment asthe noon-day.
7Submit yourself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not yourself because of himthat prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds.
8ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself so as to do evil.
9For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inheritthe land.
10And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and you shall seek for hisplace, and shall not findit.
11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delightthemselves in the abundance of peace.
12The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.
13But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.
14Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poorand needy one,and to kill the upright in heart.
15Let their sword enter into theirown heart, and their bows be broken.
16A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.
17For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.
18The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall besatisfied.
20For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of theirbeing honored and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke.
21The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion,and gives.
22For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shallbe utterly destroyed.
23The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasurein his way.
24When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.
25I wasonce young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seekingbread.
26He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.
27Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.
28For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preservedfor ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
29But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.
30The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak ofjudgment.
31The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.
32The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
33But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him whenhe is judged.
34Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land:when the wicked are destroyed, you shall seeit.
35I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like thecedars of Libanus.
36Yet I passed by, and behold! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was notfound.
37Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peacefulman.
38But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of theungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
39But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender inthe time of affliction.
40And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them fromsinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
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