Psalms 37:27-40

²⁷Turn away from evil and do good and you will live in the land forever.

²⁸For the Lord loves justice, he does not forsake his friends. The unrighteous will be destroyed forever, and the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹But the land will belong to the righteous, they will live upon it forever,

³⁰The mouth of the righteous murmurs wisdom, and words of justice are on their tongues.

³¹The law of their God is in their heart, their steps are never unsteady.

³²The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to put them to death.

³³But the Lord leaves them not in their hand: at their trial they will not be held guilty.

³⁴Wait on the Lord, and observe his way: he will lift you to honour the land will be yours, you will feast your eyes on the doom of the wicked.

³⁵I have seen the wicked exultant, lifting themselves like a cedar of Lebanon.

³⁶But the moment I passed, they vanished! I sought for them, but they could not be found.

³⁷Preserve your honour and practise uprightness, for such a person fares well in the end.

³⁸But transgressors will perish together. Cut off are the wicked forever.

³⁹The righteous are saved by the Lord, who in time of distress is their refuge:

⁴⁰the Lord helps and rescue them, from the wicked he rescues and saves them, because they take refuge in him.