Psalms 37
37
Psalm 37#37:0 Psalm 37 is a poem in Hebrew alphabetical order.
By David.
1Do not be preoccupied with evildoers.
Do not envy those who do wicked things.
2They will quickly dry up like grass
and wither away like green plants.
3Trust the Lord, and do good things.
Live in the land, and practice being faithful.
4Be happy with the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5Entrust your ways to the Lord.
Trust him, and he will act ⌞on your behalf⌟.
6He will make your righteousness shine like a light,
your just cause like the noonday sun.
7Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him.
Do not be preoccupied with ⌞an evildoer⌟ who succeeds in his way
when he carries out his schemes.
8Let go of anger, and leave rage behind.
Do not be preoccupied.
It only leads to evil.
9Evildoers will be cut off ⌞from their inheritance⌟,
but those who wait with hope for the Lord will inherit the land.
10In a little while a wicked person will vanish.
Then you can carefully examine where he was,
but there will be no trace of him.
11Oppressed people will inherit the land
and will enjoy unlimited peace.
12The wicked person plots against a righteous one
and grits his teeth at him.
13The Lord laughs at him
because he has seen that his time is coming.
14Wicked people pull out their swords and bend their bows
to kill oppressed and needy people,
to slaughter those who are decent.
15 ⌞But⌟ their own swords will pierce their hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
16The little that the righteous person has is better
than the wealth of many wicked people.
17The arms of wicked people will be broken,
but the Lord continues to support righteous people.
18The Lord knows the daily ⌞struggles⌟ of innocent people.
Their inheritance will last forever.
19They will not be put to shame in trying times.
Even in times of famine they will be satisfied.
20But wicked people will disappear.
The Lord’s enemies will vanish like the best part of a meadow.
They will vanish like smoke.
21A wicked person borrows, but he does not repay.
A righteous person is generous and giving.
22Those who are blessed by him will inherit the land.
Those who are cursed by him will be cut off.
23A person’s steps are directed by the Lord,
and the Lord delights in his way.
24When he falls, he will not be thrown down headfirst
because the Lord holds on to his hand.
25I have been young, and now I am old,
but I have never seen a righteous person abandoned
or his descendants begging for food.
26He is always generous and lends freely.
His descendants are a blessing.
27Avoid evil, do good, and live forever.
28The Lord loves justice,
and he will not abandon his godly ones.
They will be kept safe forever,
but the descendants of wicked people will be cut off.
29Righteous people will inherit the land
and live there permanently.
30The mouth of the righteous person reflects on wisdom.
His tongue speaks what is fair.
31The teachings of his God are in his heart.
His feet do not slip.
32The wicked person watches the righteous person
and seeks to kill him.
33But the Lord will not abandon him to the wicked person’s power
or condemn him when he is brought to trial.
34Wait with hope for the Lord, and follow his path,
and he will honor you by giving you the land.
When wicked people are cut off, you will see it.
35I have seen a wicked person ⌞acting like⌟ a tyrant,
spreading himself out like a large cedar tree.
36But he moved on, and now there is no trace of him.
I searched for him, but he could not be found.
37Notice the innocent person,
and look at the decent person,
because the peacemaker has a future.
38But rebels will be completely destroyed.
The future of wicked people will be cut off.
39The victory for righteous people comes from the Lord.
He is their fortress in times of trouble.
40The Lord helps them and rescues them.
He rescues them from wicked people.
He saves them because they have taken refuge in him.
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Psalms 37
37
By David.
1Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,
2For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
3Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
4And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.
5Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,
6And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.
7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.
8Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.
9For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.
10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.
11And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.
12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.
13The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.
14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.
15Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.
16Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.
17For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.
18 Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is — to the age.
19They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.
20But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.
21The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
22For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.
23From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.
24When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.
25Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.
26All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.
27Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.
28For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.
29The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.
30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.
31The law of his God [is] his heart, His steps do not slide.
32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
33 Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.
34Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off — thou seest!
35I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,
36And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
37Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace.
38And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.
39And the salvation of the righteous [is] from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity.
40And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!
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