Psalms 37:2-26

²For they will soon dry up as the grass and wither as the green plants.

³Trust in Yahweh and do what is good; settle in the land and graze in faithfulness.

⁴Then delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Give your ways to Yahweh; trust in him, and he will act on your behalf.

⁶He will display your justice like the daylight and your innocence like the day at noon.

⁷Be still before Yahweh and wait patiently for him. Do not be angry if someone succeeds in what he does, or when he makes evil plots.

⁸Do not be angry and frustrated. Do not worry. This only makes trouble.

⁹Evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh will inherit the land.

¹⁰In a little while the evil man will disappear; you will look at his place, but he will be gone.

¹¹But the meek will inherit the land and will delight in great prosperity.

¹²The wicked man plots against the righteous and he grinds his teeth in rage against him.

¹³The Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out their swords and have bent their bows to cast down the oppressed and needy, to kill those who are upright.

¹⁵Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

¹⁶Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked people.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked people will be broken, but Yahweh supports the righteous people.

¹⁸Yahweh watches over the blameless day by day, and their heritage will be forever.

¹⁹They will not be ashamed when times are bad. When famine comes, they will have enough to eat.

²⁰But evil men will perish. Yahweh's enemies will be like the glory of the pastures; they will be consumed and disappear in the smoke.

²¹The wicked person borrows but does not repay, but the righteous person is generous and gives.

²²Those who are blessed by God will inherit the land; those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

²³It is by Yahweh that a man's steps are established, the man whose way is commendable in God's sight.

²⁴Though he stumbles, he will not fall down, for Yahweh is holding him with his hand.

²⁵I was young and now am old; I have never seen the righteous person abandoned or his children begging for bread.

²⁶All the day long he is gracious and lends, and his children become a blessing.