Psalms 37

1 BY DAVID. [ALEPH-BET] Do not fret because of evildoers, Do not be envious against doers of iniquity,

A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

2 For they are cut off speedily as grass, And fade as the greenness of the tender grass.

For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

3 Trust in YHWH, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

4 And delight yourself on YHWH, And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.

Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

5 Roll your way on YHWH, And trust on Him, and He works,

Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

6 And has brought out your righteousness as light, And your judgment as noon-day.

And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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.

Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

8 Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Do not fret yourself to only do evil.

Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

9 For evildoers are cut off, As for those waiting on YHWH, they possess the land.

For the evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord 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.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt 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 land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.

12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing his teeth against him.

The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

13 The Lord laughs at him, For He has seen that his day comes.

But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall 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.

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.

15 Their sword enters into their own heart, And their bows are shattered.

Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

16 Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

17 For the arms of the wicked are shattered, And YHWH is sustaining the righteous.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

18 YHWH knows the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is for all time.

The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; 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 confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:

20 But the wicked perish, and the enemies of YHWH, Have been consumed as the preciousness of lambs, They have been consumed in smoke.

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.

21 The wicked is borrowing and does not repay, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.

22 For His blessed ones possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.

23 The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, They have been prepared, And He desires his way.

With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

24 When he falls, he is not cast down, For YHWH is sustaining his hand.

When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

25 I have been young, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

I have been young, and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

26 All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.

He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.

27 Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell for all time.

Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and 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 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.

29 The righteous possess the land, And they dwell on it forever.

But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.

30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks judgment.

The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.

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 be supplanted.

32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

33 YHWH does not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.

But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be 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!

Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.

35 I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted 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!

And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.

37 Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace.

Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.

38 And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

But the unjust shall be destroyed together: the remnants of the wicked shall perish.

39 And the salvation of the righteous [is] from YHWH, Their strong place in a time of adversity.

But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.

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 will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.