【Psalms】Psalm 37 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

37:1 Do not be provoked by evildoers; do not envy those who do wrong.

37:2 Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away.

37:3 Trust in the LORD and do good that you may dwell in the land and live secure.

37:4 Find your delight in the LORD who will give you your heart’s desire.

37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust that God will act

37:6 And make your integrity shine like the dawn, your vindication like noonday.

37:7 Be still before the LORD; wait for God. Do not be provoked by the prosperous,nor by malicious schemers.

37:8 Give up your anger, abandon your wrath; do not be provoked; it brings onlyharm.

37:9 Those who do evil will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD willpossess the land.

37:10 Wait a little, and the wicked will be no more; look for them and they willnot be there.

37:11 But the poor will possess the land, will delight in great prosperity.

37:12 The wicked plot against the just and grind their teeth at them;

37:13 But the LORD laughs at them, knowing their day is coming.

37:14 The wicked draw their swords; they string their bows To fell the poor andoppressed, to slaughter those whose way is honest.

37:15 Their swords will pierce their own hearts; their bows will be broken.

37:16 Better the poverty of the just than the great wealth of the wicked.

37:17 The arms of the wicked will be broken; the LORD will sustain the just.

37:18 The LORD watches over the days of the blameless; their heritage lastsforever.

37:19 They will not be disgraced when times are hard; in days of famine they willhave plenty.

37:20 The wicked perish, the enemies of the LORD; Like the beauty of meadows theyvanish; like smoke they disappear.

37:21 The wicked borrow but do not repay; the just are generous in giving.

37:22 For those blessed by the Lord will possess the land, but those accursed willbe cut off.

37:23 Those whose steps are guided by the LORD; whose way God approves,

37:24 May stumble, but they will never fall, for the LORD holds their hand.

37:25 Neither in my youth, nor now in old age have I ever seen the just abandonedor their children begging bread.

37:26 The just always lend generously, and their children become a blessing.

37:27 Turn from evil and do good, that you may inhabit the land forever.

37:28 For the LORD loves justice and does not abandon the faithful. When theunjust are destroyed, and the children of the wicked cut off,

37:29 The just will possess the land and live in it forever.

37:30 The mouths of the just utter wisdom; their tongues speak what is right.

37:31 God’s teaching is in their hearts; their steps do not falter.

37:32 The wicked spy on the just and seek to kill them.

37:33 But the LORD does not leave the just in their power, nor let them becondemned when tried.

37:34 Wait eagerly for the LORD, and keep to the way; God will raise you topossess the land; you will gloat when the wicked are cut off.

37:35 I have seen ruthless scoundrels, strong as flourishing cedars.

37:36 When I passed by again, they were gone; though I searched, they could not befound.

37:37 Observe the honest, mark the upright; those at peace with God have a future.

37:38 But all sinners will be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

37:39 The salvation of the just is from the LORD, their refuge in time ofdistress.

37:40 The LORD helps and rescues them, rescues and saves them from the wicked,because in God they take refuge.

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