Psalms 37 — LSV

37Verse 1BY DAVID. [ALEPH-BET] Do not fret because of evildoers, || Do not be envious against doers of iniquity,^{Verse 2}For they are cut off speedily as grass, || And fade as the greenness of the tender grass.^{Verse 3}Trust in YHWH, and do good, || Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,^{Verse 4}And delight yourself on YHWH, || And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.^{Verse 5}Roll your way on YHWH, || And trust on Him, and He works,^{Verse 6}And has brought out your righteousness as light, || And your judgment as noon-day.^{Verse 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.^{Verse 8}Desist from anger, and forsake fury, || Do not fret yourself to only do evil.^{Verse 9}For evildoers are cut off, || As for those waiting on YHWH, they possess the land.^{Verse 10}And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, || And you have considered his place, and it is not.^{Verse 11}And the humble possess the land, || And they have delighted themselves || In the abundance of peace.^{Verse 12}The wicked is devising against the righteous, || And gnashing his teeth against him.^{Verse 13}The Lord laughs at him, || For He has seen that his day comes.^{Verse 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.^{Verse 15}Their sword enters into their own heart, || And their bows are shattered.^{Verse 16}Better [is] the little of the righteous, || Than the store of many wicked.^{Verse 17}For the arms of the wicked are shattered, || And YHWH is sustaining the righteous.^{Verse 18}YHWH knows the days of the perfect, || And their inheritance is for all time.^{Verse 19}They are not ashamed in a time of evil, || And they are satisfied in days of famine.^{Verse 20}But the wicked perish, and the enemies of YHWH, || Have been consumed as the preciousness of lambs, || They have been consumed in smoke.^{Verse 21}The wicked is borrowing and does not repay, || And the righteous is gracious and giving.^{Verse 22}For His blessed ones possess the land, || And His reviled ones are cut off.^{Verse 23}The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, || They have been prepared, || And He desires his way.^{Verse 24}When he falls, he is not cast down, || For YHWH is sustaining his hand.^{Verse 25}I have been young, || I have also become old, || And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, || And his seed seeking bread.^{Verse 26}All the day he is gracious and lending, || And his seed [is] for a blessing.^{Verse 27}Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell for all time.^{Verse 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.^{Verse 29}The righteous possess the land, || And they dwell on it forever.^{Verse 30}The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, || And his tongue speaks judgment.^{Verse 31}The law of his God [is] his heart, || His steps do not slide.^{Verse 32}The wicked is watching for the righteous, || And is seeking to put him to death.^{Verse 33}YHWH does not leave him in his hand, || Nor condemn him in his being judged.^{Verse 34}Look to YHWH, and keep His way, || And He exalts you to possess the land, || In the wicked being cut off—you see!^{Verse 35}I have seen the wicked terrible, || And spreading as a green native plant,^{Verse 36}And he passes away, and behold, he is not, || And I seek him, and he is not found!^{Verse 37}Observe the perfect, and see the upright, || For the latter end of each [is] peace.^{Verse 38}And transgressors were destroyed together, || The latter end of the wicked was cut off.^{Verse 39}And the salvation of the righteous [is] from YHWH, || Their strong place in a time of adversity.^{Verse 40}And YHWH helps them and delivers them, || He delivers them from the wicked, || And saves them, || Because they trusted in Him!