Psalms 37:9-23

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;