Psalms 37:7-33

⁷Be quiet in Yahweh's presence, and wait patiently for him to do what you want him to do. Do not be bothered/upset when what evil men do is successful, when they are able to do the wicked things that they plan.

⁸Do not be angry about what wicked people do. Do not want to punish them yourself. Do not be envious of such people because you will only harm yourself if you try to envy them.

⁹Some day Yahweh will get rid of wicked people, but those who trust in Yahweh will live safely in the land that he has given to them.

¹⁰Soon the wicked will disappear. If you look for them,they will be gone.

¹¹But those who are humble will live safely in their land. They will happily enjoy living peacefully and having the other good things that Yahweh gives them.

¹²Wicked people plan to harm righteous/godly people; they snarl at them MET like wild animals.

¹³But Yahweh laughs at them because he knows that some day MTY he will judge and punish the wicked people.

¹⁴Wicked people pull out their swords/daggers and they put strings on their bows, ready to kill people who are poor DOU and to slaughter those who live righteously.

¹⁵But they will be killed by their own swords/daggers, and their bows will be broken.

¹⁶It is good to be righteous/godly even if you do not have many possessions, but it is bad to be wicked, even if you are very wealthy,

¹⁷because Yahweh will completely take away the strength of wicked people, but he will ◄sustain/take care of► people who live righteously.

¹⁸Every day Yahweh cares about those who have not done any evil things; the things that Yahweh gives them will last forever.

¹⁹They will survive when calamities occur; when there are famines, they will still have plenty to eat.

²⁰But wicked people will die; just like the beautiful wild flowers in the fields die under the hot sun and disappear like smoke MET, Yahweh will cause his enemies to suddenly disappear.

²¹The wicked people borrow money, but they are not able to repay it; righteous/godly people, in contrast, have enough money that they can give generously to others.

²²Those whom Yahweh has blessed will live safely in the land that he has given to them, but he will get rid of those people whom he has cursed.

²³Yahweh protects those who do what is pleasing to him, and he will enable them to walk confidently, wherever they go;

²⁴even if they stumble, they will not fall down, because Yahweh holds them by his hand.

²⁵I was young previously, and now I am an old man, but in all those years, I have never seen righteous/godly people being abandoned by Yahweh, nor have I seen that their children needed to beg for food.

²⁶Righteous/Godly people are generous, and happily lend money to others, and their children are a blessing to them.

²⁷Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good. If you do that, you and your descendants will live in your land forever.

²⁸That will happen because Yahweh likes to see people doing what is just, and he will never forsake righteous/godly people. He will protect them forever; but he will get rid of the children of wicked people.

²⁹Righteous/Godly people will own the land that Yahweh promised to give to them, and they will live there forever.

³⁰Righteous people give wise advice to others, and they MTY say what is just/fair.

³¹They continually think about God's laws; they do not stray from God's path.

³²Those who are evil wait in ambush for righteous people in order to kill them as they walk by.

³³But Yahweh will not abandon righteous people, and allow ◄them to fall into their enemies' hands/their enemies harm them►. And he will not allow righteous people to be condemned when someone takes them to a judge to be put on trial.