Psalms 37:5-34

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.

²¹The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

²²Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

²⁴Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

²⁶All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

²⁷Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

²⁸For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

²⁹The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

³⁰The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.

³²The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

³³The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

³⁴Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.