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Psalms 37

A Psalm of David.

1

 aDo not fret because of evildoers, Be not  benvious toward wrongdoers.

2

For they will  awither quickly like the grass And  bfade like the green herb.

3

 aTrust in the LORD and do good;  bDwell in the land and  1 ccultivate faithfulness.

4

 aDelight yourself in the LORD; And He will  bgive you the desires of your heart.

5

 aCommit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

6

He will bring forth  ayour righteousness as the light And your judgment  bas the noonday.

7

 1Rest in the LORD and  await  2patiently for Him;  bDo not fret because of him who  cprospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

8

Cease from anger and  aforsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

9

For  aevildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will  binherit the land.

10

Yet  aa little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for  bhis place and he will not be there.

11

But  athe humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in  babundant prosperity.

12

The wicked  aplots against the righteous And  bgnashes at him with his teeth.

13

The Lord  alaughs at him, For He sees  bhis day is coming.

14

The wicked have drawn the sword and  abent their bow To cast down the  bafflicted and the needy, To  cslay those who are upright in conduct.

15

Their sword will enter their own heart, And their  abows will be broken.

16

 aBetter is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.

17

For the  aarms of the wicked will be broken, But the LORD  bsustains the righteous.

18

The LORD  aknows the days of the  1blameless, And their  binheritance will be forever.

19

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, And  ain the days of famine they will have abundance.

20

But the  awicked will perish; And the enemies of the LORD will be like the  1glory of the pastures, They vanish-- blike smoke they vanish away.

21

The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous  ais gracious and gives.

22

For  athose blessed by Him will  binherit the land, But those  ccursed by Him will be cut off.

23

 aThe steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He  bdelights in his way.

24

When  ahe falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because  bthe LORD is the One  1who holds his hand.

25

I have been young and now I am old, Yet  aI have not seen the righteous forsaken Or  bhis  1descendants begging bread.

26

All day long  ahe is gracious and lends, And  bhis  1descendants are a blessing.

27

 aDepart from evil and do good,  1So you will abide  bforever.

28

For the LORD  aloves  1justice And  bdoes not forsake His godly ones; They are  cpreserved forever, But the  2 ddescendants of the wicked will be cut off.

29

The righteous will  ainherit the land And  bdwell in it forever.

30

The mouth of the righteous  autters wisdom, And his tongue  bspeaks justice.

31

The  alaw of his God is in his heart; His  bsteps do not slip.

32

The  awicked spies upon the righteous And  bseeks to kill him.

33

The LORD will  anot leave him in his hand Or  blet him be condemned when he is judged.

34

 aWait for the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the  bwicked are cut off, you will see it.

35

I have  aseen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a  bluxuriant  1tree in its native soil.

36

Then  1he passed away, and lo, he  awas no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found.

37

Mark the  1 ablameless man, and behold the  bupright; For the man of peace will have a  2 cposterity.

38

But transgressors will be altogether  adestroyed; The  1posterity of the wicked will be  bcut off.

39

But the  asalvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength  bin time of trouble.

40

 aThe LORD helps them and delivers them; He  bdelivers them from the wicked and saves them, Because they  ctake refuge in Him.



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