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Psalm 37

A psalm of David.

¹Don’t worry about the wicked
or envy those who do wrong.
²For like grass, they soon fade away.
Like spring flowers, they soon wither.

³Trust in the Lord and do good.
Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.
⁴Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you your heart’s desires.

⁵Commit everything you do to the Lord.
Trust him, and he will help you.
⁶He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,
and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.

⁷Be still in the presence of the Lord,
and wait patiently for him to act.
Don’t worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.

⁸Stop being angry!
Turn from your rage!
Do not lose your temper—
it only leads to harm.
⁹For the wicked will be destroyed,
but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land.

¹⁰Soon the wicked will disappear.
Though you look for them, they will be gone.
¹¹The lowly will possess the land
and will live in peace and prosperity.

¹²The wicked plot against the godly;
they snarl at them in defiance.
¹³But the Lord just laughs,
for he sees their day of judgment coming.

¹⁴The wicked draw their swords
and string their bows
to kill the poor and the oppressed,
to slaughter those who do right.
¹⁵But their swords will stab their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.

¹⁶It is better to be godly and have little
than to be evil and rich.
¹⁷For the strength of the wicked will be shattered,
but the Lord takes care of the godly.

¹⁸Day by day the Lord takes care of the innocent,
and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.
¹⁹They will not be disgraced in hard times;
even in famine they will have more than enough.

²⁰But the wicked will die.
The Lord’s enemies are like flowers in a field—
they will disappear like smoke.

²¹The wicked borrow and never repay,
but the godly are generous givers.
²²Those the Lord blesses will possess the land,
but those he curses will die.

²³The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
He delights in every detail of their lives.
²⁴Though they stumble, they will never fall,
for the Lord holds them by the hand.

²⁵Once I was young, and now I am old.
Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned
or their children begging for bread.
²⁶The godly always give generous loans to others,
and their children are a blessing.

²⁷Turn from evil and do good,
and you will live in the land forever.
²⁸For the Lord loves justice,
and he will never abandon the godly.

He will keep them safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will die.
²⁹The godly will possess the land
and will live there forever.

³⁰The godly offer good counsel;
they teach right from wrong.
³¹They have made God’s law their own,
so they will never slip from his path.

³²The wicked wait in ambush for the godly,
looking for an excuse to kill them.
³³But the Lord will not let the wicked succeed
or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial.

³⁴Put your hope in the Lord.
Travel steadily along his path.
He will honor you by giving you the land.
You will see the wicked destroyed.

³⁵I have seen wicked and ruthless people
flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
³⁶But when I looked again, they were gone!
Though I searched for them, I could not find them!

³⁷Look at those who are honest and good,
for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.
³⁸But the rebellious will be destroyed;
they have no future.

³⁹The Lord rescues the godly;
he is their fortress in times of trouble.
⁴⁰The Lord helps them,
rescuing them from the wicked.
He saves them,
and they find shelter in him.

Footnotes:

37 This psalm is a Hebrew acrostic poem; each stanza begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

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