Psalm 37
English translation got from website: https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo
- Of David. Do not compete with the evildoers; do not envy those who commit injustice.
- For they will be speedily cut off like grass and wither like green vegetation.
- Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and be nourished by faith.
- So shall you delight in the Lord, and He will give you what your heart desires.
- Commit your way to the Lord, and trust in Him and He will act.
- And He will reveal your righteousness like the light, and your judgments like noon.
- Wait for the Lord and hope for Him; do not compete with one whose way prospers, with a man who executes malicious plans.
- Desist from anger and forsake wrath; do not compete only to do evil.
- For evildoers shall be cut off, and those who hope for the Lord-they will inherit the land.
- A short while longer and the wicked man is not here, and you shall look at his place and he is not there.
- But the humble shall inherit the land, and they shall delight in much peace.
- The wicked man plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.
- The Lord will scoff at him because He saw that his day will come.
- The wicked initiated war and bent their bow to cast down the poor and the needy, to slay those who walk on a straight path.
- Their sword shall enter their heart, and their bows shall be broken.
- The few of the righteous are better than the multitude of many wicked men.
- For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord supports the righteous.
- The Lord knows the days of the innocent, and their inheritance will be forever.
- They will not be ashamed in time of calamity, and in days of famine they shall still be satisfied.
- For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of the Lord are like disappearing light on the plains; they are consumed in smoke, yea they are consumed.
- A wicked man borrows and does not pay, but the Righteous one is gracious and gives.
- For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, and those cursed by Him will be cut off.
- From the Lord a mighty man’s steps are established, for He delights in his way.
- If he falls, he will not be cast down, for the Lord supports his hand.
- I was young, I also aged, and I have not seen a righteous man forsaken and his seed seeking bread.
- All day long he is gracious and lends, and his seed is due for a blessing.
- Shun evil and do good, and dwell forever.
- For the Lord loves justice, and He shall not forsake His pious ones; they will be guarded forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell forever in it.
- The righteous man’s mouth utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks judgment.
- The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not falter.
- The wicked man watches for the righteous man and seeks to put him to death.
- The Lord shall not leave him in his hands, and He shall not condemn him [the righteous] when he [the wicked] is judged.
- Hope to the Lord and keep His way; He will exalt you to inherit the land, and you will witness the destruction of the wicked.
- I saw a wicked man, powerful, well-rooted as a native who is fresh.
- And he passed away and behold! he is not here, and I sought him and he was not found.
- Observe the innocent and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
- But transgressors were destroyed together; the future of the wicked was cut off.
- But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord, their stronghold in time of distress.
- The Lord helped them and rescued them; He rescued them from the wicked and saved them because they took refuge in Him.