Psa 37 | EngLXX | STEP | A Psalm of David. Fret not yourself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them thatdo iniquity.

Psalms 37

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