Psa 37 | ABEn | STEP | A psalm to David. Be not provoked to jealousy with ones acting wickedly, nor be jealous of the ones doing lawlessness!

Psalms 37

PSALM 37

The Just Shall Inherit the Earth

A psalm to David.

1 Be not provoked to jealousy with ones acting wickedly, nor be jealous of the ones doing lawlessness! 2 For [³as ⁴grass ²quickly ¹they shall be dried up], and as vegetation of tender shoots they shall quickly fall away. 3 Hope upon the lord, and execute graciousness! And encamp in the land! and you shall be tended by its riches. 4 Revel in the lord! that he should give to you the requests of your heart. 5 Reveal to the lord your way, and hope upon him! and he will act. 6 And he shall bring forth [²as ³light ¹your righteousness], and your practice as at midday. 7 Submit to the lord, and entreat him! Be not provoked to jealousy in the prospering [⁵in ⁶his way ¹by ²a man ³doing ⁴unlawfulness]! 8 Cease from anger, and abandon rage! Be not provoked to jealousy so as to do wicked! 9 For the ones doing wicked shall be utterly destroyed; but the ones waiting on the lord, they shall inherit the land. 10 And yet in a short time, and in no way shall [²exist ¹the sinner]; and if shall you seek his place, then in no way shall you find it. 11 But the gentle shall inherit the earth, and they shall revel over an abundance of peace. 12 [³shall closely watch ¹The ²sinner] the just, and shall gnash [²over ³him ¹his teeth]. 13 But the lord shall laugh out loud at him, for he foresees that [²will come ¹his day]. 14 [⁴the broadsword ³unsheathed ¹The ²sinners]; they stretched tight their bow to throw down the poor and needy, to slay the straight in heart. 15 [²their broadsword ¹May] enter into their own hearts; and [²their bows ¹may] be broken. 16 Better is a little to the just, than [²riches ³of sinners ¹many]. 17 For the arms of sinners shall be broken; [⁴supports ¹but ⁵the ⁶just ²the ³ lord]. 18 The lord knows the ways of the unblemished; and their inheritance [²into ³the ⁴eon ¹shall be]. 19 They will not be disgraced in [²time ¹a bad], and in the days of hunger they shall be filled. 20 For the sinners shall be destroyed. And the enemies of the lord at the same time in their being glorified and exalted, [⁴vanishing ²as ³smoke ¹vanished]. 21 [³borrows ¹The ²sinner], and does not pay back; but the just pities, and gives. 22 For the ones blessing him shall inherit land; but the ones cursing him shall be utterly destroyed. 23 [⁵by ⁶the lord ¹The ²footsteps ³of a man ⁴are straightened out]; and [²his way ¹he shall want] exceedingly. 24 Whenever he shall fall he will not break, for the lord gives support to his hand. 25 [²younger ¹I was once] and I grew old; and [³not ¹I beheld ²the just] being abandoned, nor his seed seeking bread loaves. 26 [⁶the entire ⁷day ³shows mercy ⁴and ⁵lends ¹The ²righteous], and his seed [²for ³a blessing ¹will be]. 27 Turn aside from evil and do good, and encamp into the eon of the eon! 28 For the lord loves equity, and shall not abandon his sacred ones; into the eon they shall be guarded. But lawless ones shall be driven out, and the seed of the impious shall be utterly destroyed. 29 But the just shall inherit the earth, and encamp into the eon of the eon upon it. 30 The mouth of the just shall meditate upon wisdom, and his tongue shall speak equity. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; and [²shall not ³be tripped up ¹his footsteps]. 32 [³contemplates ¹The ²sinner] the just, and seeks to kill him. 33 But the lord in no way shall abandon him into his hands, nor in no way should he condemn him whenever he should judge him. 34 Wait on the lord, and guard his way! and he shall exalt you to inherit the land, in the one [³being utterly destroyed ²sinners ¹you will see]. 35 I beheld the impious being greatly exalted, and being lifted up as the cedars of Lebanon. 36 And I went by, and behold, he was not. And I sought him, and [²was not ³found ¹his place]. 37 Guard innocence, and know straightness! for there is a leftover [²man ¹for the peaceable]. 38 But the lawbreakers shall be utterly destroyed together; the leftovers of the impious shall be utterly destroyed. 39 But deliverance of the just is by the lord; and [³defender ²their ¹he is] in time of affliction. 40 And [²shall help ³them ¹the lord], and shall rescue them; and he shall take them away from the sinners; and he shall deliver them, for they hoped upon him.