Psalms 37:15-29

¹⁵But their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶Better is the little that the righteous hath, than the great riches of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the upholder of the righteous is the Lord.

¹⁸The Lord regardeth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall endure for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be made ashamed in the time of unhappiness; and in the days of famine shall they be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the beauty of the meadow: they pass away; in smoke they pass away.

²¹The wicked borroweth, and repayeth not; but the righteous is beneficent, and giveth.

²²For those blessed of him shall inherit the land; and those cursed of him shall be cut off.

²³By the Lord are the steps of the righteous man established; and he findeth pleasure in his course of life.

²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth his hand.

²⁵I have been young, and I am also grown old: yet have I never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking for bread.

²⁶He is all the time beneficent, and lendeth: and his seed will be for a blessing.

²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

²⁸For the Lord loveth justice, and never forsaketh his pious servants: they are for ever preserved; but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell for ever therein.