Psalms 37:34-39

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: