| Psa. 37:1 |
Do not be incensed because of evildoers; / Do not be envious of wrongdoers. |
| Psa. 37:2 |
For they soon wither like grass / And fade away like green herbage. |
| Psa. 37:3 |
Trust in Jehovah, and do good; / Dwell in the land, and feed on [His] faithfulness. |
| Psa. 37:4 |
Delight yourself in Jehovah, / And He will give you the requests of your heart. |
| Psa. 37:5 |
Commit your way to Jehovah, / And trust in Him; and He will act. |
| Psa. 37:6 |
And He will cause your righteousness to go forth like light, / And your justness like noonday. |
| Psa. 37:7 |
Be still before Jehovah, and wait for Him; / Do not be incensed because of him who enjoys prosperity on his way, / Because of the man who performs [his] evil schemes. |
| Psa. 37:8 |
Cease from anger and forsake wrath; / Do not be incensed; it [leads] only to evil. |
| Psa. 37:9 |
For the evildoers will be cut off; / But those who wait on Jehovah, / They will inherit the land. |
| Psa. 37:10 |
And in a little while longer there will be no wicked man; / Indeed, you will look diligently for his place, and he will not be [there.] |
| Psa. 37:11 |
But the lowly will inherit the land / And delight themselves in the abundance of peace. |
| Psa. 37:12 |
The wicked man makes evil schemes against the righteous man / And gnashes his teeth at him. |
| Psa. 37:13 |
The Lord will laugh at him, / For He sees that his day will come. |
| Psa. 37:14 |
The wicked have drawn out the sword / And bent their bow, / To cast the poor and the needy down, / To slaughter those who are upright in [their] way. |
| Psa. 37:15 |
Their sword will enter their own heart, / And their bows will be broken. |
| Psa. 37:16 |
Better is the little that the righteous man has / Than the abundance of many wicked. |
| Psa. 37:17 |
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, / But Jehovah upholds the righteous. |
| Psa. 37:18 |
Jehovah knows the days of the perfect, / And their inheritance will be forever. |
| Psa. 37:19 |
They will not be put to shame in a time of evil, / And in the days of famine they will be satisfied. |
| Psa. 37:20 |
But the wicked will perish, / And the enemies of Jehovah will be like the glory of the pastures: / They are consumed; in smoke they are consumed. |
| Psa. 37:21 |
The wicked borrow but do not repay, / But the righteous is gracious and gives. |
| Psa. 37:22 |
For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, / But those cursed by Him will be cut off. |
| Psa. 37:23 |
A man's steps are established by Jehovah, / And He delights in his way. |
| Psa. 37:24 |
If he falls, he is not utterly cast down; / For Jehovah upholds him by the hand. |
| Psa. 37:25 |
I was [once] a young man; now I am old. / Yet I have not seen the righteous man forsaken, / Nor his seed seeking bread. |
| Psa. 37:26 |
He is always gracious and lends, / And his seed becomes a blessing. |
| Psa. 37:27 |
Turn away from evil and do good, / And abide forever. |
| Psa. 37:28 |
For Jehovah loves justice / And does not abandon His faithful ones; / They are kept forever; / But the seed of the wicked is cut off. |
| Psa. 37:29 |
The righteous will inherit the land, / And they will abide in it forever. |
| Psa. 37:30 |
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, / And his tongue speaks justice. |
| Psa. 37:31 |
The law of his God is in his heart; / His steps do not slip. |
| Psa. 37:32 |
The wicked man watches for the righteous man / And seeks to slay him. |
| Psa. 37:33 |
Jehovah does not leave him in his hand, / Nor let him be condemned when he is judged. |
| Psa. 37:34 |
Wait for Jehovah, / And keep His way; / And He will exalt you to inherit the land; / When the wicked are cut off, you will see [it.] |
| Psa. 37:35 |
I have seen the wicked man terrorizing, / And spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree. |
| Psa. 37:36 |
Then someone passes by, and behold, he is not there; / I search for him, and he is not found. |
| Psa. 37:37 |
Observe the perfect man, and watch the upright man; / For there is a future for the man of peace. |
| Psa. 37:38 |
But the transgressors will be altogether destroyed; / The future of the wicked will be cut off. |
| Psa. 37:39 |
And the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah; / He is their stronghold in a time of distress. |
| Psa. 37:40 |
And Jehovah helps them and rescues them; / He rescues them from the wicked, / And saves them, for they take refuge in Him. |