Psalms 37

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

to/for David not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with to make: [do] injustice

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

for like/as grass haste to languish and like/as green grass to wither [emph?]

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

to trust in/on/with LORD and to make: do good to dwell land: country/planet and to accompany faithfulness

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

and to delight upon LORD and to give: give to/for you petition heart your

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

to roll upon LORD way: conduct your and to trust upon him and he/she/it to make: do

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

and to come out: send like/as light righteousness your and justice your like/as midday

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.

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

to slacken from face: anger and to leave: forsake rage not to be incensed surely to/for be evil

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

for be evil to cut: eliminate [emph?] and to await LORD they(masc.) to possess: possess land: country/planet

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

and still little and nothing wicked and to understand upon place his and nothing he

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

and poor to possess: possess land: country/planet and to delight upon abundance peace

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

to plan wicked to/for righteous and to grind upon him tooth his

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

Lord to laugh to/for him for to see: see for to come (in): come day his

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.

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

sword their to come (in): come in/on/with heart their and bow their to break

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

pleasant little to/for righteous from crowd wicked many

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

for arm wicked to break and to support righteous LORD

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

to know LORD day unblemished: blameless and inheritance their to/for forever: enduring to be

19 They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And they are satisfied in days of famine.

not be ashamed in/on/with time bad: evil and in/on/with day famine to satisfy

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 wicked to perish and enemy LORD like/as precious pasture to end: expend in/on/with smoke to end: expend

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

to borrow wicked and not to complete and righteous be gracious and to give: give

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

for to bless his to possess: possess land: country/planet and to lighten his to cut: eliminate

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

from LORD step great man to establish: establish and way: conduct his to delight in

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

for to fall: fall not to cast for LORD to support hand his

25 I have been young, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking 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 All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.

all [the] day: always be gracious and to borrow and seed: children his to/for blessing

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

to turn aside: depart from bad: evil and to make: do good and to dwell to/for forever: enduring

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

righteous to possess: possess land: country/planet and to dwell to/for perpetuity upon her

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

lip righteous to mutter wisdom and tongue his to speak: speak justice

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

instruction God his in/on/with heart his not to slip step his

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

to watch wicked to/for righteous and to seek to/for to die him

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

LORD not to leave: forsake him in/on/with hand: power his and not be wicked him in/on/with to judge he

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

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

to see: see wicked ruthless and to uncover like/as born luxuriant

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

and to pass and behold nothing he and to seek him and not to find

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

to keep: look at complete and to see: see upright for end to/for man peace

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

and to transgress to destroy together end wicked to cut: eliminate

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

and deliverance: salvation righteous from LORD security their in/on/with time distress

40 And YHWH helps them and delivers them, He delivers them from the wicked, And saves them, Because they trusted in Him!

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