Psalms 36:1-11

¹A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

²For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

³Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

⁴Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

⁵Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

⁶And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

⁷Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

⁸Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

⁹For the evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land.

¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.