Psalms 37
1 Do not be bothered/upset by what wicked [people do]. Do not desire to have the things that people who do wrong/evil have,
to/for David not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with to make: [do] injustice
2 because they will soon disappear, like grass withers [in the hot sun] and dries up. Just like some green plants [come up but] die [during the hot summer], evil people will soon die also.
for like/as grass haste to languish and like/as green grass to wither [emph?]
3 Trust in Yahweh, and do what is good; if you do that, you will live safely in the land [that he has given you], and you will live peacefully [MET].
to trust in/on/with LORD and to make: do good to dwell land: country/planet and to accompany faithfulness
4 Be delighted with all that Yahweh [does for you]; if you do that, he will give you the things that you desire most.
and to delight upon LORD and to give: give to/for you petition heart your
5 Commit to Yahweh all the things that you plan to do; trust in him, and he will do [whatever is needed to help you].
to roll upon LORD way: conduct your and to trust upon him and he/she/it to make: do
6 He will show [as clearly] as the sunlight that you (are innocent/have done nothing that is wrong); he will show [as clearly] as [the sun at] noontime [SIM] that all the things that you have decided are just.
and to come out: send like/as light righteousness your and justice your like/as midday
7 Be quiet in Yahweh’s presence, and wait patiently for him [to do what you want him to do]. Do not be bothered/upset when what evil men do is successful, when they are able to do the wicked things that they plan.
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 Do not be angry [about what wicked people do]. Do not want to punish them yourself. Do not be envious of such people because you will only harm [yourself if you try to envy them].
to slacken from face: anger and to leave: forsake rage not to be incensed surely to/for be evil
9 [Some day Yahweh] will get rid of wicked people, but those who trust in Yahweh will live [safely] in the land [that he has given to them].
for be evil to cut: eliminate [emph?] and to await LORD they(masc.) to possess: possess land: country/planet
10 Soon the wicked will disappear. If you look for them, they will be gone.
and still little and nothing wicked and to understand upon place his and nothing he
11 But those who are humble will live safely in their land. They will happily enjoy living peacefully and having the other good things [that Yahweh gives them].
and poor to possess: possess land: country/planet and to delight upon abundance peace
12 Wicked people plan to harm righteous/godly people; they snarl at them [MET] [like wild animals].
to plan wicked to/for righteous and to grind upon him tooth his
13 But Yahweh laughs [at them] because he knows that some day [MTY] [he will judge and punish] the wicked people.
Lord to laugh to/for him for to see: see for to come (in): come day his
14 Wicked people pull out their swords/daggers and they put strings on their bows, ready to kill people who are poor [DOU] and to slaughter those who live righteously.
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 But they will be killed by their own swords/daggers, and their bows will be broken.
sword their to come (in): come in/on/with heart their and bow their to break
16 It is good to be righteous/godly even if you do not have many possessions, but it is bad to be wicked, even if you are very wealthy,
pleasant little to/for righteous from crowd wicked many
17 because [Yahweh] will completely take away the strength of wicked people, but he will (sustain/take care of) people who live righteously.
for arm wicked to break and to support righteous LORD
18 Every day Yahweh cares about those who have not done any evil things; the things that Yahweh gives them will last forever.
to know LORD day unblemished: blameless and inheritance their to/for forever: enduring to be
19 They will survive when calamities occur; when there are famines, they will still have plenty to eat.
not be ashamed in/on/with time bad: evil and in/on/with day famine to satisfy
20 But wicked people will die; [just] like the beautiful wild flowers in the fields [die under the hot sun] and disappear like smoke [MET], Yahweh [will cause] his enemies to suddenly disappear.
for wicked to perish and enemy LORD like/as precious pasture to end: expend in/on/with smoke to end: expend
21 The wicked people borrow [money], but they are not able to repay it; righteous/godly people, [in contrast, have enough money that] they can give generously [to others].
to borrow wicked and not to complete and righteous be gracious and to give: give
22 Those whom Yahweh has blessed will live safely in the land that he has given to them, but he will get rid of those people whom he has cursed.
for to bless his to possess: possess land: country/planet and to lighten his to cut: eliminate
23 Yahweh protects those who do what is pleasing to him, and he will enable them to walk confidently, wherever they go;
from LORD step great man to establish: establish and way: conduct his to delight in
24 even if they stumble, they will not fall down, because Yahweh holds them by his hand.
for to fall: fall not to cast for LORD to support hand his
25 I was young [previously], and now I am an old man, but [in all those years], I have never seen righteous/godly people being abandoned by Yahweh, nor have I seen that their children [needed to] beg for food.
youth to be also be old and not to see: see righteous to leave: forsake and seed: children his to seek food: bread
26 Righteous/Godly people are generous, and happily lend [money to others], and their children are a blessing to them.
all [the] day: always be gracious and to borrow and seed: children his to/for blessing
27 Turn away from [doing] evil, and do what is good. If you do that, you [and your descendants] will live in your land forever.
to turn aside: depart from bad: evil and to make: do good and to dwell to/for forever: enduring
28 [That will happen] because Yahweh likes to see people doing what is just, and he will never forsake righteous/godly people. He will protect them forever; but he will get rid of the children of wicked people.
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 Righteous/Godly people will own the land [that Yahweh promised to give to them], and they will live there forever.
righteous to possess: possess land: country/planet and to dwell to/for perpetuity upon her
30 Righteous people give wise [advice to others], and they [MTY] say what is just/fair.
lip righteous to mutter wisdom and tongue his to speak: speak justice
31 They continually think about God’s laws; they do not stray from [God’s] path.
instruction God his in/on/with heart his not to slip step his
32 Those who are evil wait in ambush for righteous people in order to kill them [as they walk by].
to watch wicked to/for righteous and to seek to/for to die him
33 But Yahweh will not abandon righteous people, and allow (them to fall into their enemies’ hands/their enemies harm them). And he will not allow righteous people to be condemned when someone takes them to a judge [to be put on trial].
LORD not to leave: forsake him in/on/with hand: power his and not be wicked him in/on/with to judge he
34 Be patient and trust that Yahweh [will help you], and (walk on his paths/do what he wants you to do). [If you do that], he will honor you by giving you the land [that he promised], and when he gets rid of the wicked, you will see it happen.
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 that wicked people who (act like tyrants/terrify people) [sometimes] prosper, like trees that grow well in fertile soil,
to see: see wicked ruthless and to uncover like/as born luxuriant
36 when I looked [later], they were gone! I searched for them, but [Yahweh had caused] them to disappear.
and to pass and behold nothing he and to seek him and not to find
37 Notice the people who have not done evil things, those who act righteously: their descendants will have peace in their inner beings.
to keep: look at complete and to see: see upright for end to/for man peace
38 But Yahweh will get rid of the wicked; he will also get rid of their descendants (OR, as a result, they will not have any descendants).
and to transgress to destroy together end wicked to cut: eliminate
39 Yahweh rescues righteous people; in times of trouble he protects them [MET].
and deliverance: salvation righteous from LORD security their in/on/with time distress
40 Yahweh helps them and saves them; he rescues them from [being attacked/harmed by] wicked people because they go to him to be protected [MET].
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
