Psalms 37
1 A psalm of David. Don't be upset over wicked people, or be jealous of those who do wrong.
to/for David not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with to make: [do] injustice
2 For like grass, they will quickly dry up; like plants, they will soon wither away.
for like/as grass haste to languish and like/as green grass to wither [emph?]
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good. Live in the land and feed on faithfulness.
to trust in/on/with LORD and to make: do good to dwell land: country/planet and to accompany faithfulness
4 Find your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you what you want the most.
and to delight upon LORD and to give: give to/for you petition heart your
5 Entrust all that you do to the Lord. Place your confidence in him and he will help you.
to roll upon LORD way: conduct your and to trust upon him and he/she/it to make: do
6 He will make your vindication shine like a light, the rightness of your cause like the noonday sun.
and to come out: send like/as light righteousness your and justice your like/as midday
7 Be still in God's presence; wait patiently for him. Don't be upset over people who prosper when they carry out their evil schemes.
to silence: stationary to/for LORD and to twist: anticipate to/for him not to be incensed in/on/with to prosper way: conduct his in/on/with man to make: do plot
8 Give up your anger! Let go your rage! Don't get mad—it only results in evil!
to slacken from face: anger and to leave: forsake rage not to be incensed surely to/for be evil
9 For the wicked will be destroyed, and those who trust in the Lord will take possession of the land.
for be evil to cut: eliminate [emph?] and to await LORD they(masc.) to possess: possess land: country/planet
10 In a little while the wicked will be no more—though you look for them you won't find them.
and still little and nothing wicked and to understand upon place his and nothing he
11 The humble will own the land; they will live there happily, in peace and prosperity.
and poor to possess: possess land: country/planet and to delight upon abundance peace
12 The wicked plot evil against those who do good, gnashing their teeth at them.
to plan wicked to/for righteous and to grind upon him tooth his
13 But the Lord laughs at them, for he sees their coming day of judgment.
Lord to laugh to/for him for to see: see for to come (in): come day his
14 The wicked draw their swords, and bend their bows to destroy the poor and needy, to kill those who live right.
sword to open wicked and to tread bow their to/for to fall: kill afflicted and needy to/for to slaughter upright way: journey
15 But the swords of the wicked will slice through their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
sword their to come (in): come in/on/with heart their and bow their to break
16 It's better to do right and only have a little, than to be wicked and rich.
pleasant little to/for righteous from crowd wicked many
17 For the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord supports those who do right.
for arm wicked to break and to support righteous LORD
18 The Lord knows what is happening to the innocent and grants them an eternal inheritance.
to know LORD day unblemished: blameless and inheritance their to/for forever: enduring to be
19 They will not be humiliated in bad times; even in days of famine they will have plenty to eat.
not be ashamed in/on/with time bad: evil and in/on/with day famine to satisfy
20 But the wicked will die. The enemies of the Lord are like the flowers of the field—they will vanish like smoke.
for wicked to perish and enemy LORD like/as precious pasture to end: expend in/on/with smoke to end: expend
21 The wicked borrow, but don't repay; while those who do right give generously.
to borrow wicked and not to complete and righteous be gracious and to give: give
22 Those who are blessed by God will own the land, but those he curses will die.
for to bless his to possess: possess land: country/planet and to lighten his to cut: eliminate
23 The Lord shows the right path to those who follow him, and is happy with the way they live.
from LORD step great man to establish: establish and way: conduct his to delight in
24 Though they may trip up, they will not fall to the ground, for the Lord holds their hand.
for to fall: fall not to cast for LORD to support hand his
25 Once I was young, and now I've grown old, yet I've never seen those who do right abandoned, nor their children having to beg for bread.
youth to be also be old and not to see: see righteous to leave: forsake and seed: children his to seek food: bread
26 They are always kind, and generous with their loans; their children are a blessing.
all [the] day: always be gracious and to borrow and seed: children his to/for blessing
27 Reject evil, do what is good, and you will live forever in the land.
to turn aside: depart from bad: evil and to make: do good and to dwell to/for forever: enduring
28 For the Lord loves fairness and he will never abandon those who are trustworthy. He will protect them forever. But the children of the wicked will die.
for LORD to love: lover justice and not to leave: forsake [obj] pious his to/for forever: enduring to keep: guard and seed: children wicked to cut: eliminate
29 Those who do right will own the land and will live there forever.
righteous to possess: possess land: country/planet and to dwell to/for perpetuity upon her
30 People who do right give good advice, explaining what is fair.
lip righteous to mutter wisdom and tongue his to speak: speak justice
31 God's law lives in their minds, so they will not slip from his way.
instruction God his in/on/with heart his not to slip step his
32 The wicked lie in wait for those who do good, intending to kill them.
to watch wicked to/for righteous and to seek to/for to die him
33 But the Lord will not let them fall into the hands of the wicked, and he will not let those who do good be condemned when they are put on trial.
LORD not to leave: forsake him in/on/with hand: power his and not be wicked him in/on/with to judge he
34 Trust in the Lord, and stay on his path. He will lift you up and give you the land to own. You will see when the wicked are destroyed.
to await to(wards) LORD and to keep: obey way: journey his and to exalt you to/for to possess: possess land: country/planet in/on/with to cut: eliminate wicked to see: see
35 I have watched the wicked acting brutally, spreading like a large tree in its native land.
to see: see wicked ruthless and to uncover like/as born luxuriant
36 But when I passed that way the next time, they were gone. I searched for them but couldn't find them.
and to pass and behold nothing he and to seek him and not to find
37 Observe the innocent, look at those who do right! Those who love peace have a future!
to keep: look at complete and to see: see upright for end to/for man peace
38 But those who are rebellious will be altogether destroyed; the wicked have no future.
and to transgress to destroy together end wicked to cut: eliminate
39 The Lord saves those who live right; he is their protection in times of trouble.
and deliverance: salvation righteous from LORD security their in/on/with time distress
40 The Lord helps them and rescues them from the wicked. He saves them because they go to him for protection.
and to help them LORD and to escape them to escape them from wicked and to save them for to seek refuge in/on/with him
