2For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.
3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
4So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
5Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.
6And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.
7Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
8Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
9For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.
10For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.
11But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.
12The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
13He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.
14The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.
15But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.
16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.
17For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.
18The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.
19They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.
20But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.