Psalms 37
1 David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.] Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;
[A Psalm] of David. Fret not yourself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity.
2 For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.
For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.
3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good, Dwell in the land, and feed on fidelity;
Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it.
4 Yea, rest thy delight on Yahweh, that he may give thee the requests of thy heart.
Delight [yourself] in the Lord; and he shall grant you the requests of your heart.
5 Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him, and, he, will effectually work:
Disclose your way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.
6 So will he bring forth, as the light, thy righteousness, and thy vindication as the noonday.
And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgement as the noon-day.
7 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.
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 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation—[it would be] only to do evil;
ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself so as to do evil.
9 For, evil doers, shall be cut off, but, as for them who wait for Yahweh, they, shall inherit the earth.
For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.
10 Yet a little, therefore, and the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about, over his place—and he shall have vanished!
And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and you shall seek for his place, and shall not find [it].
11 But, the patient oppressed-ones, shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves over the abundance of prosperity.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight [themselves] in the abundance of peace.
12 Plotting is the lawless one, against the just, and gnashing upon him with his teeth.
The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.
13 My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.
But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.
14 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:
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, shall enter into their own heart, and, their bow, shall be broken.
Let their sword enter into their [own] heart, and their bows be broken.
16 Better the little of the righteous man, than the abundance of the lawless who are mighty;
A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.
17 For, the arms of the lawless, shall be broken, But Yahweh is upholding the righteous.
For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.
18 Yahweh knoweth the days of the blameless, that, their inheritance, unto times age-abiding, shall continue.
The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the time of calamity, and, in the days of famine, shall they be filled.
They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 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!
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 A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But, a righteous man, showeth favour and giveth;
The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives.
22 For, such as are blessed of him, shall inherit the earth, But, the cursed of him, shall be cut off.
For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.
23 From Yahweh, are the steps of a man made firm, When, with his way, he is well pleased:
The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be hurled headlong, For, Yahweh, is holding his hand.
When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.
25 Young, have I been, moreover am old, —Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging 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 day long, is he showing favour and lending, his seed, therefore, shall have a blessing.
He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.
27 Turn from evil, and do good, and so settle down, unto times age-abiding.
Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.
28 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.
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, shall inherit the earth, that they may settle down, to futurity, thereupon.
But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.
30 The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:
The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgement.
31 The law of his God, is in his heart, his steps shall not swerve.
The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.
32 The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:
The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
33 Yahweh, will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him, when he is judged.
But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged.
34 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.
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 a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus.
36 Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.
Yet I passed by, and behold! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.
37 Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a hereafter for the man of peace;
Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceful man.
38 But, transgressors, are to be destroyed together, the hereafter of lawless men, is to be cut off.
But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.
39 But, the deliverance of the righteous, is from Yahweh, their refuge in a time of distress.
But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction.
40 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.
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.
