Psalms 37
1 To Dauith. Nile thou sue wickid men; nether loue thou men doynge wickidnesse.
BY DAVID. [ALEPH-BET] Do not fret because of evildoers, Do not be envious against doers of iniquity,
2 For thei schulen wexe drie swiftli as hey; and thei schulen falle doun soone as the wortis of eerbis.
For they are cut off speedily as grass, And fade as the greenness of the tender grass.
3 Hope thou in the Lord, and do thou goodnesse; and enhabite thou the lond, and thou schalt be fed with hise richessis.
Trust in YHWH, and do good, Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,
4 Delite thou in the Lord; and he schal yyue to thee the axyngis of thin herte.
And delight yourself on YHWH, And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.
5 Schewe thi weie to the Lord; and hope thou in hym, and he schal do.
Roll your way on YHWH, And trust on Him, and He works,
6 And he schal lede out thi riytfulnesse as liyt, and thi doom as myddai;
And has brought out your righteousness as light, And your judgment as noon-day.
7 be thou suget to the Lord, and preye thou hym. Nile thou sue hym, that hath prosperite in his weie; a man doynge vnriytfulnessis.
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.
8 Ceese thou of ire, and forsake woodnesse; nyle thou sue, that thou do wickidli.
Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Do not fret yourself to only do evil.
9 For thei, that doen wickidli, schulen be distried; but thei that suffren the Lord, schulen enerite the lond.
For evildoers are cut off, As for those waiting on YHWH, they possess the land.
10 And yit a litil, and a synnere schal not be; and thou schalt seke his place, and schalt not fynde.
And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, And you have considered his place, and it is not.
11 But mylde men schulen enerite the lond; and schulen delite in the multitude of pees.
And the humble possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.
12 A synnere schal aspie a riytful man; and he schal gnaste with hise teeth on hym.
The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing his teeth against him.
13 But the Lord schal scorne the synnere; for he biholdith that his day cometh.
The Lord laughs at him, For He has seen that his day comes.
14 Synners drowen out swerd; thei benten her bouwe. To disseyue a pore man and nedi; to strangle riytful men of herte.
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.
15 Her swerd entre in to the herte of hem silf; and her bouwe be brokun.
Their sword enters into their own heart, And their bows are shattered.
16 Betere is a litil thing to a iust man; than many richessis of synneris.
Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.
17 For the armes of synneris schal be al to-brokun; but the Lord confermeth iust men.
For the arms of the wicked are shattered, And YHWH is sustaining the righteous.
18 The Lord knowith the daies of vnwemmed; and her heritage schal be withouten ende.
YHWH knows the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is for all time.
19 Thei schulen not be schent in the yuel tyme, and thei schulen be fillid in the dayes of hungur;
They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And they are satisfied in days of famine.
20 for synneris schulen perische. Forsothe anoon as the enemyes of the Lord ben onourid, and enhaunsid; thei failynge schulen faile as smoke.
But the wicked perish, and the enemies of YHWH, Have been consumed as the preciousness of lambs, They have been consumed in smoke.
21 A synnere schal borewe, and schal not paie; but a iust man hath merci, and schal yyue.
The wicked is borrowing and does not repay, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
22 For thei that blessen the Lord schulen enerite the lond; but thei that cursen hym schulen perische.
For His blessed ones possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.
23 The goyng of a man schal be dressid anentis the Lord; and he schal wilne his weie.
The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, They have been prepared, And He desires his way.
24 Whanne he fallith, he schal not be hurtlid doun; for the Lord vndursettith his hond.
When he falls, he is not cast down, For YHWH is sustaining his hand.
25 I was yongere, and sotheli Y wexide eld, and Y siy not a iust man forsakun; nethir his seed sekynge breed.
I have been young, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.
26 Al dai he hath merci, and leeneth; and his seed schal be in blessyng.
All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.
27 Bouwe thou awei fro yuel, and do good; and dwelle thou in to the world of world.
Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell for all time.
28 For the Lord loueth doom, and schal not forsake hise seyntis; thei schulen be kept with outen ende. Vniust men schulen be punyschid; and the seed of wickid men schal perische.
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.
29 But iust men schulen enerite the lond; and schulen enabite theronne in to the world of world.
The righteous possess the land, And they dwell on it forever.
30 The mouth of a iust man schal bithenke wisdom; and his tunge schal speke doom.
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks judgment.
31 The lawe of his God is in his herte; and hise steppis schulen not be disseyued.
The law of his God [is] his heart, His steps do not slide.
32 A synnere biholdith a iust man; and sekith to sle hym.
The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
33 But the Lord schal not forsake hym in hise hondis; nethir schal dampne hym, whanne it schal be demed ayens hym.
YHWH does not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.
34 Abide thou the Lord, and kepe thou his weie, and he schal enhaunse thee, that bi eritage thou take the lond; whanne synneris schulen perische, thou schalt se.
Look to YHWH, and keep His way, And He exalts you to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off—you see!
35 I siy a wickid man enhaunsid aboue; and reisid vp as the cedris of Liban.
I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,
36 And Y passide, and lo! he was not; Y souyte hym, and his place is not foundun.
And he passes away, and behold, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!
37 Kepe thou innocence, and se equite; for tho ben relikis to a pesible man.
Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each [is] peace.
38 Forsothe vniust men schulen perische; the relifs of wickid men schulen perische togidere.
And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.
39 But the helthe of iust men is of the Lord; and he is her defendere in the tyme of tribulacioun.
And the salvation of the righteous [is] from YHWH, Their strong place in a time of adversity.
40 And the Lord schal helpe hem, and schal make hem fre, and he schal delyuere hem fro synneris; and he schal saue hem, for thei hopiden in hym.
And YHWH helps them and delivers them, He delivers them from the wicked, And saves them, Because they trusted in Him!
