< Psalms 37 >

1 BY DAVID. [ALEPH-BET] Do not fret because of evildoers, Do not be envious against doers of iniquity,
[A Psalm] of David. Fret not yourself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity.
2 For they are cut off speedily as grass, And fade as the greenness of the tender grass.
For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.
3 Trust in YHWH, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it.
4 And delight yourself on YHWH, And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.
Delight [yourself] in the Lord; and he shall grant you the requests of your heart.
5 Roll your way on YHWH, And trust on Him, and He works,
Disclose your way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.
6 And has brought out your righteousness as light, And your judgment as noon-day.
And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgement as the noon-day.
7 Be silent for YHWH, and stay yourself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making his way prosperous, Because of a man doing wicked schemes.
Submit yourself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not yourself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds.
8 Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Do not fret yourself to only do evil.
ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself so as to do evil.
9 For evildoers are cut off, As for those waiting on YHWH, they possess the land.
For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.
10 And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, And you have considered his place, and it is not.
And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and you shall seek for his place, and shall not find [it].
11 And the humble possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight [themselves] in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing his teeth against him.
The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.
13 The Lord laughs at him, For He has seen that his day comes.
But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.
14 The wicked have opened a sword, And they have bent their bow, To cause the poor and needy to fall, To slaughter the upright of the way.
Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, [and] to kill the upright in heart.
15 Their sword enters into their own heart, And their bows are shattered.
Let their sword enter into their [own] heart, and their bows be broken.
16 Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.
A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.
17 For the arms of the wicked are shattered, And YHWH is sustaining the righteous.
For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.
18 YHWH knows the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is for all time.
The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And they are satisfied in days of famine.
They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked perish, and the enemies of YHWH, Have been consumed as the preciousness of lambs, They have been consumed in smoke.
For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke.
21 The wicked is borrowing and does not repay, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives.
22 For His blessed ones possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.
For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.
23 The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, They have been prepared, And He desires his way.
The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way.
24 When he falls, he is not cast down, For YHWH is sustaining his hand.
When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.
25 I have been young, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.
I was [once] young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
26 All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.
He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.
27 Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell for all time.
Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.
28 For YHWH is loving judgment, And He does not forsake His saintly ones, They have been kept for all time, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.
For the Lord loves judgement, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
29 The righteous possess the land, And they dwell on it forever.
But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks judgment.
The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgement.
31 The law of his God [is] his heart, His steps do not slide.
The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.
32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
33 YHWH does not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.
But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged.
34 Look to YHWH, and keep His way, And He exalts you to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off—you see!
Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, you shall see [it].
35 I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,
I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus.
36 And he passes away, and behold, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
Yet I passed by, and behold! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.
37 Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace.
Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceful man.
38 And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.
But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
39 And the salvation of the righteous [is] from YHWH, Their strong place in a time of adversity.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction.
40 And YHWH helps them and delivers them, He delivers them from the wicked, And saves them, Because they trusted in Him!
And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.

< Psalms 37 >