‏ Psalms 37

Security of Those Who Trust in the Lord, and Insecurity of the Wicked.

A Psalm of David.


1 aDo not get upset because of evildoers,
Do not be benvious of wrongdoers.

2 For they will cwither quickly like the grass,
And ddecay like the green plants.

3 eTrust in the Lord and do good;
fLive in the land and
Or feed securely; or feed on His faithfulness
hcultivate faithfulness.

4 iDelight yourself in the Lord;
And He will jgive you the desires of your heart.

5 kCommit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

6 He will bring out lyour righteousness as the light,
And your judgment mas the noonday.


7
Or Be still
Rest in the Lord and owait
Or longingly
patiently for Him;
qDo not get upset because of one who is rsuccessful in his way,
Because of the person who carries out wicked schemes.

8 Cease from anger and sabandon wrath;
Do not get upset; it leads only to evildoing.

9 For tevildoers will be eliminated,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will uinherit the land.

10 Yet va little while and the wicked person will be no more;
And you will look carefully for whis place and he will not be there.

11 But xthe humble will inherit the land
And will delight themselves in yabundant prosperity.


12 The wicked zplots against the righteous,
And aagnashes at him with his teeth.

13 The Lord ablaughs at him,
For He sees that achis day is coming.

14 The wicked have drawn the sword and adbent their bow
To take down the aeafflicted and the needy,
To afkill off those who are upright in conduct.

15 Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their agbows will be broken.


16 ahBetter is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.

17 For the aiarms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord ajsustains the righteous.

18 The Lord akknows the days of the
Lit complete; or perfect
blameless,
And their aminheritance will be forever.

19 They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And anin the days of famine they will have plenty.

20 But the aowicked will perish;
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the
I.e., flowers
glory of the pastures,
They vanish-- aqlike smoke they vanish away.

21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous aris gracious and gives.

22 For asthose blessed by Him will atinherit the land,
But those aucursed by Him will be eliminated.


23 avThe steps of a man are established by the Lord,
And He awdelights in his way.

24 When axhe falls, he will not be hurled down,
Because aythe Lord is the One
Or who sustains him with His hand
who holds his hand.

25 I have been young and now I am old,
Yet baI have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or bbhis
Lit seed
descendants begging for bread.

26 All day long bdhe is gracious and lends,
And behis
Lit seed
descendants are a blessing.


27 bgTurn from evil and do good,
So that you will dwell bhforever.

28 For the Lord biloves
Lit judgment
justice
And bkdoes not abandon His godly ones;
They are blprotected forever,
But the
Lit seed
bndescendants of the wicked will be eliminated.

29 The righteous will boinherit the land
And bpdwell in it forever.

30 The mouth of the righteous bqutters wisdom,
And his tongue brspeaks justice.

31 The bsLaw of his God is in his heart;
His btsteps do not slip.

32 The buwicked spies upon the righteous
And bvseeks to kill him.

33 The Lord will bwnot leave him in his hand
Or bxlet him be condemned when he is judged.

34 byWait for the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the bzwicked are eliminated, you will see it.


35 I have caseen a wicked, violent person
Spreading himself like a cbluxuriant
Lit native; Heb obscure
tree in its native soil.

36 Then he passed away, and behold, he cdwas no more;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.

37 Observe the
Lit complete; or perfect
cfblameless person, and look at the cgupright;
For the person of peace will have cha future.

38 But wrongdoers will altogether be cidestroyed;
The future of the wicked will be cjeliminated.

39 But the cksalvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength clin time of trouble.

40 cmThe Lord helps them and rescues them;
He cnrescues them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they cotake refuge in Him.
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