Psalms - Chapter 37

¹ [Of David] Do not get heated about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.

² Quick as the grass they wither, fading like the green of the fields.

³ Put your trust in Yahweh and do right, make your home in the land and live secure.

⁴ Make Yahweh your joy and he will give you your heart's desires.

⁵ Commit your destiny to Yahweh, be confident in him, and he will act,

⁶ making your uprightness clear as daylight, and the justice of your cause as the noon.

⁷ Stay quiet before Yahweh, wait longingly for him, do not get heated over someone who is making a fortune, succeeding by devious means.

⁸ Refrain from anger, leave rage aside, do not get heated -- it can do no good;

⁹ for evil-doers will be annihilated, while those who hope in Yahweh shall have the land for their own.

¹⁰ A little while and the wicked will be no more, however well you search for the place, the wicked will not be there;

¹¹ but the poor will have the land for their own, to enjoy untroubled peace.

¹² The wicked plots against the upright and gnashes his teeth at him,

¹³ but Yahweh only laughs at his efforts, knowing that his end is in sight.

¹⁴ Though the wicked draw his sword and bend his bow to slaughter the honest and bring down the poor and the needy,

¹⁵ his sword will pierce his own heart, and his bow will be shattered.

¹⁶ What little the upright possesses outweighs all the wealth of the wicked;

¹⁷ for the weapons of the wicked shall be shattered, while Yahweh supports the upright.

¹⁸ The lives of the just are in Yahweh's care, their birthright will endure for ever;

¹⁹ they will not be put to shame when bad times come, in time of famine they will have plenty.

²⁰ The wicked, enemies of Yahweh, will be destroyed, they will vanish like the green of the pasture, they will vanish in smoke.

²¹ The wicked borrows and will not repay, but the upright is generous in giving;

²² those he blesses will have the land for their own, and those he curses be annihilated.

²³ Yahweh guides a strong man's steps and keeps them firm; and takes pleasure in him.

²⁴ When he trips he is not thrown sprawling, since Yahweh supports him by the hand.

²⁵ Now I am old, but ever since my youth I never saw an upright person abandoned, or the descendants of the upright forced to beg their bread.

²⁶ The upright is always compassionate, always lending, so his descendants reap a blessing.

²⁷ Turn your back on evil and do good, you will have a home for ever,

²⁸ for Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful. Evil-doers will perish eternally, the descendants of the wicked be annihilated,

²⁹ but the upright shall have the land for their own, there they shall live for ever.

³⁰ Wisdom comes from the lips of the upright, and his tongue speaks what is right;

³¹ the law of his God is in his heart, his foot will never slip.

³² The wicked keeps a close eye on the upright, looking out for a chance to kill him;

³³ Yahweh will never abandon him to the clutches of the wicked, nor let him be condemned if he is tried.

³⁴ Put your hope in Yahweh, keep to his path, he will raise you up to make the land your own; you will look on while the wicked are annihilated.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked exultant, towering like a cedar of Lebanon.

³⁶ When next I passed he was gone, I searched for him and he was nowhere to be found.

³⁷ Observe the innocent, consider the honest, for the lover of peace will not lack children.

³⁸ But the wicked will all be destroyed together, and their children annihilated.

³⁹ The upright have Yahweh for their Saviour, their refuge in times of trouble;

⁴⁰ Yahweh helps them and rescues them, he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them because they take refuge in him.

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