Psalms 37

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

A Psalme of David. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.

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

For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.

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

Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.

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

And delite thy selfe in the Lord, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.

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

Commit thy way vnto the Lord, and trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe.

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

And he shall bring foorth thy righteousnes as the light, and thy iudgement as the noone 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.

Waite patiently vpon the Lord and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.

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

Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

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

For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.

10 And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, And you have considered his place, and it is not.

Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.

11 And the humble possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.

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

The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

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

But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.

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 haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

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

But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.

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

A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

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

For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

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

The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.

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 perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.

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

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.

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

The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

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

For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

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

The pathes of man are directed by the Lord: for he loueth his way.

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

Though he fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder 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 haue beene yong, and am olde: yet I sawe neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begging bread.

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

But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.

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

Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.

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 loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.

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

The righteous men shall inherit the lande, and dwell therein for euer.

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

The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.

31 The law of his God [is] his heart, His steps do not slide.

For the Lawe of his God is in his heart, and his steppes shall not slide.

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

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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

But the Lord wil not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him, when he is iudged.

34 Look to YHWH, and keep His way, And He exalts you to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off—you see!

Waite thou on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.

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

I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.

36 And he passes away, and behold, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!

Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.

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

Marke the vpright man, and beholde the iust: for the end of that man is peace.

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

But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.

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

But the saluation of the righteous men shalbe of the Lord: he shalbe their strength 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!

For the Lord shall helpe them, and deliuer them: he shall deliuer them from the wicked, and shall saue them, because they trust in him.