Psalms 37
1 A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.] Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;
2 For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.
For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.
Trust in Yahweh, and do good, Dwell in the land, and feed on fidelity;
4 Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
Yea, rest thy delight on Yahweh, that he may give thee the requests of thy heart.
5 Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.
Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him, and, he, will effectually work:
6 And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
So will he bring forth, as the light, thy righteousness, and thy vindication as the noonday.
7 Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.
Be resigned to Yahweh, yea wait with longing for him; Burn not with vexation at him who prospereth in his way, —at the man who doeth wickedness.
8 Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation—[it would be] only to do evil;
9 For the evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land.
For, evil doers, shall be cut off, but, as for them who wait for Yahweh, they, shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.
Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place—and he shall have vanished!
11 But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.
But, the patient oppressed-ones, shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves over the abundance of prosperity.
12 The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.
Plotting is the lawless one, against the just, and gnashing upon him with his teeth.
13 But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come.
My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.
A sword, have the lawless, drawn out, and have trodden their bow, —To bring down the oppressed and the needy, To slaughter the upright in life:
15 Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
Their sword, shall enter into their own heart, and, their bow, shall be broken.
16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.
Better the little of the righteous man, than the abundance of the lawless who are mighty;
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.
For, the arms of the lawless, shall be broken, But Yahweh is upholding the righteous.
18 The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Yahweh knoweth the days of the blameless, that, their inheritance, unto times age-abiding, shall continue.
19 They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:
They shall not be ashamed in the time of calamity, and, in the days of famine, shall they be filled.
20 Because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.
For, the lawless, shall perish, and, the foes of Yahweh, be like the glory of the meadows, They have vanished! In smoke, have they vanished!
21 The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.
A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But, a righteous man, showeth favour and giveth;
22 For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.
For, such as are blessed of him, shall inherit the earth, But, the cursed of him, shall be cut off.
23 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.
From Yahweh, are the steps of a man made firm, When, with his way, he is well pleased:
24 When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.
Though he fall, he shall not be hurled headlong, For, Yahweh, is holding his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
Young, have I been, moreover am old, —Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:
26 He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.
All day long, is he showing favour and lending, his seed, therefore, shall have a blessing.
27 Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.
Turn from evil, and do good, and so settle down, unto times age-abiding.
28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
For, Yahweh, loveth justice, and will not forsake his men of lovingkindness, Unto times age-abiding, have the perverse been destroyed, —and the seed of the lawless, been cut off.
29 But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.
The righteous, shall inherit the earth, that they may settle down, to futurity, thereupon.
30 The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.
The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:
31 The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.
The law of his God, is in his heart, his steps shall not swerve.
32 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,
The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:
33 But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.
Yahweh, will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him, when he is judged.
34 Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.
Wait for Yahweh, and observe thou his path, that he may exalt thee, to inherit the earth, On the cutting off of the lawless, shalt thou look.
35 I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
36 And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.
Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.
Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a hereafter for the man of peace;
38 But the unjust shall be destroyed together: the remnants of the wicked shall perish.
But, transgressors, are to be destroyed together, the hereafter of lawless men, is to be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.
But, the deliverance of the righteous, is from Yahweh, their refuge in a time of distress.
40 And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
Thus hath Yahweh helped them, thus hath he delivered them, —He will deliver them from the lawless, and will save them, because they have sought refuge in him.
