Psalms 37:5-36

⁵Commit thy way unto the Lord, and trust in him: and he will accomplish it.

⁶And he will bring forth as the light thy righteousness, and the justice of thy cause as the noonday.

⁷Be silent before the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who practices wicked devices.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

⁹For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, these—shall truly inherit the land.

¹⁰For yet but for a little while, and the wicked shall be no more: yea, thou wilt look carefully at his place, and he shall not be there.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves because of the abundance of peace.

¹²The wicked purposeth evil against the just, and gnasheth against him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord will laugh at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cause the poor and needy to fall, and to slaughter such as are of an upright course of life.

¹⁵But their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶Better is the little that the righteous hath, than the great riches of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the upholder of the righteous is the Lord.

¹⁸The Lord regardeth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall endure for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be made ashamed in the time of unhappiness; and in the days of famine shall they be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the beauty of the meadow: they pass away; in smoke they pass away.

²¹The wicked borroweth, and repayeth not; but the righteous is beneficent, and giveth.

²²For those blessed of him shall inherit the land; and those cursed of him shall be cut off.

²³By the Lord are the steps of the righteous man established; and he findeth pleasure in his course of life.

²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth his hand.

²⁵I have been young, and I am also grown old: yet have I never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking for bread.

²⁶He is all the time beneficent, and lendeth: and his seed will be for a blessing.

²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

²⁸For the Lord loveth justice, and never forsaketh his pious servants: they are for ever preserved; but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell for ever therein.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh what is just.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slip.

³²The wicked looketh out for the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

³³The Lord will not leave him in his hand, and will not condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, shalt thou look on.

³⁵I have seen the wicked terrible in power, and striking root like a green tree in its native soil.

³⁶Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was no more: and I sought him, but he could not be found.