Psalms 37
1 BY DAVID. [ALEPH-BET] Do not fret because of evildoers, Do not be envious against doers of 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 are cut off speedily as grass, And fade as the greenness of the tender grass.
For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.
3 Trust in YHWH, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
Trust in Yahweh, and do good, Dwell in the land, and feed on fidelity;
4 And delight yourself on YHWH, And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.
Yea, rest thy delight on Yahweh, that he may give thee the requests of thy heart.
5 Roll your way on YHWH, And trust on Him, and He works,
Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him, and, he, will effectually work:
6 And has brought out your righteousness as light, And your judgment as noon-day.
So will he bring forth, as the light, thy righteousness, and thy vindication 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 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 Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Do not fret yourself to only do evil.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation—[it would be] only to do evil;
9 For evildoers are cut off, As for those waiting on YHWH, they possess the land.
For, evil doers, shall be cut off, but, as for them who wait for Yahweh, they, shall inherit the earth.
10 And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, And you have considered his place, and it is not.
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 And the humble possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.
But, the patient oppressed-ones, shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves over the abundance of prosperity.
12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing his teeth against him.
Plotting is the lawless one, against the just, and gnashing upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord laughs at him, For He has seen that his day comes.
My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, 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.
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 Their sword enters into their own heart, And their bows are shattered.
Their sword, shall enter into their own heart, and, their bow, shall be broken.
16 Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.
Better the little of the righteous man, than the abundance of the lawless who are mighty;
17 For the arms of the wicked are shattered, And YHWH is sustaining the righteous.
For, the arms of the lawless, shall be broken, But Yahweh is upholding the righteous.
18 YHWH knows the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is for all time.
Yahweh knoweth the days of the blameless, that, their inheritance, unto times age-abiding, shall continue.
19 They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And they are satisfied in days of famine.
They shall not be ashamed in the time of calamity, and, in the days of famine, shall they 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.
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 wicked is borrowing and does not repay, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But, a righteous man, showeth favour and giveth;
22 For His blessed ones possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.
For, such as are blessed of him, shall inherit the earth, But, the cursed of him, shall be cut off.
23 The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, They have been prepared, And He desires his way.
From Yahweh, are the steps of a man made firm, When, with his way, he is well pleased:
24 When he falls, he is not cast down, For YHWH is sustaining his hand.
Though he fall, he shall not be hurled headlong, For, Yahweh, is holding 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.
Young, have I been, moreover am old, —Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:
26 All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.
All day long, is he showing favour and lending, his seed, therefore, shall have a blessing.
27 Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell for all time.
Turn from evil, and do good, and so settle down, unto times age-abiding.
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, 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 The righteous possess the land, And they dwell on it forever.
The righteous, shall inherit the earth, that they may settle down, to futurity, thereupon.
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks judgment.
The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:
31 The law of his God [is] his heart, His steps do not slide.
The law of his God, is in his heart, his steps shall not swerve.
32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:
33 YHWH does not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.
Yahweh, will not leave him in his hand, nor 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 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 terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,
I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
36 And he passes away, and behold, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace.
Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a hereafter for the man of peace;
38 And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.
But, transgressors, are to be destroyed together, the hereafter of lawless men, is to be cut off.
39 And the salvation of the righteous [is] from YHWH, Their strong place in a time of adversity.
But, the deliverance of the righteous, is from Yahweh, their refuge in a time of distress.
40 And YHWH helps them and delivers them, He delivers them from the wicked, And saves them, Because they trusted 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.
