Psalms [Praises] 37:17-25

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Adonai upholds the upright.

¹⁸Adonai knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

¹⁹They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Adonai shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.

²¹The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the upright give generously.

²²For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

²³A man’s goings are established by Adonai . He delights in his way.

²⁴Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Adonai holds him up with his hand.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the upright forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.