Psalms 37:1-3

He Will Not Forsake His Saints

This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Of David.

1 bFret not yourself because of evildoers;
be not cenvious of wrongdoers!
2For they will soon dfade like ethe grass
and wither flike the green herb.
3 gTrust in the Lord, and do good;
hdwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
Or  and feed on faithfulness, or  and find safe pasture

Psalms 73:3-7

3 jFor I was kenvious of the arrogant
when I saw the lprosperity of the wicked.
4 For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
5They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not mstricken like the rest of mankind.
6Therefore pride is ntheir necklace;
violence covers them as oa garment.
7Their peyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.

Proverbs 3:31

31 qDo not envy ra man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,

Proverbs 24:1

1Be not senvious of evil men,
nor desire to be twith them,
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