Psalms 36:1-12

¹A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be envious of them that do iniquity.

²For they shall soon be withered as the grass, And shall soon fall away as the green herbs.

³Hope in the Lord, and do good; And dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.

⁴Delight thyself in the Lord; And he shall grant thee the requests of thy heart.

⁵Disclose thy way to the Lord, And hope in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

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

⁷Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: Fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way, At the man that does unlawful deeds.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself so as to do evil.

⁹For evildoers shall be destroyed: But they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

¹⁰And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, And thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find it.

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

¹²The sinner will watch for the righteous, And gnash his teeth upon him.