Psalms Chapter 37

37Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious against the workers of iniquity.

²For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

³Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.

⁴Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

⁶And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.

⁷Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.

⁹For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yes, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹²The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.

¹³The LORD shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

¹⁵Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.

¹⁸The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

²¹The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.

²²For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.

²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

²⁶He is ever merciful, and lends; and his seed is blessed.

²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever more.

²⁸For the LORD loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

³²The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

³³The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

³⁶Yet he passed away, and, see, he was not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

³⁷Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

³⁸But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

⁴⁰And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.