Psalm 37

37:0   A Psalm of David.
		
37:1   Do not get angry because of evildoers, 
	     Do not be envious because of the wrongdoers.

37:2   For they will wither quickly like the grass 
		and fade like a green plant.

37:3   Trust in the LORD and do good; 
	     dwell in the land and maintain faithfulness.

37:4   Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; 
	     and he will give you the desires of your heart.

37:5   Commit your way to the LORD, 
	     also trust in him, and he will do it.

37:6   He will bring forth your righteousness as the light 
		and your judgment as the noonday

37:7   Be quiet in the LORD and wait patiently for him; 
		do not burn with anger over him who succeeds in his 			  way, 
		a man who carries out wicked schemes.

37:8   Cease from anger and forsake wrath; 
		do not burn with anger; it leads only to evildoing.

37:9   	For evildoers will be cut off, 
		but those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit 				  the land.

37:10  Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; 
		 you will see and understand his place is no more. 

37:11  But the afflicted will inherit the land 
		and enjoy themselves in the abundance of peace. 

37:12  The wicked plots against the righteous
		and gnashes at him with his teeth.

37:13  The Lord laughs at him, 
		for he [the Lord] sees his day is coming.

37:14  The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow 
		to take down the afflicted and the needy, 
		to slay the upright of conduct.

37:15  Their swords will pierce their own hearts,
		and their bows will be broken.

37:16  Better is the little of the righteous 
		than the abundance of many wicked.

37:17  For the arms [power] of the wicked will be broken,
		but the LORD sustains the righteous.

37:18  The LORD knows the days of the blameless, 
		and their inheritance will be forever.

37:19  They will not be ashamed in the time of disaster, 
		when famine comes they will be satisfied.  

37:20  But the wicked will perish; 
		and the enemies of the LORD will be like the 					glory of the pastures, 
		they vanish — like smoke they vanish.		

37:21  The wicked borrows and does not pay back, 
		but the righteous is gracious and gives.

37:22  Surely those blessed by him [the LORD] will 						   inherit the land, 
		 but those cursed by him will be cut off.

37:23  From the LORD, the steps of a man are 						       established, 
		and in his way he [the man] delights. 

37:24  When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
		 because the LORD holds his hand.

37:25  I have been young and now I am old,
		yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken 
		or his children desperately searching for bread.

37:26  All day long he is generous and lends, 
		and his descendants are a blessing.

37:27  Turn from evil and do good;
		so you will dwell forever.

37:28  For the LORD loves justice 
		and does not forsake His godly ones; 
		they are preserved forever, 
		but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

37:29  The righteous will inherit the land 
		 and dwell in it forever.

37:30 	The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, 
		and his tongue speaks justice.

37:31  The law of his God is in his heart; 
		 his steps do not slip.	

37:32  The wicked spies upon the righteous 
		 and seeks to kill him.

37:33  The LORD will not leave him in his [wicked’s] hand 
		 or let him be condemned when he is judged.

37:34  Wait for the LORD and keep his way, 
		 and he will exalt you to inherit the land; 
		 when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

37:35  I have seen a wicked, violent man 
		spreading himself like a flourishing tree in its native 		       soil.

37:36  And he passes by and behold, he is not there,
		I sought for him, but he could not be found.

37:37  Watch the blameless and see the upright;
		 for there is a future [posterity] for the man of peace.
	
37:38  But transgressors will be altogether destroyed; 
		the future [posterity] of the wicked will be cut off.

37:39  But the salvation of the righteous is from the 					  LORD; 
		 a stronghold in time of trouble.

37:40  The LORD helps them and delivers them; 
		 he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, 
		 because they take refuge in him.