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Psalms 37

¹Don't be worried on account of the wicked; don't be jealous of those who do wrong.

²They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.

³Trust in the LORD and do good; live in the land and be safe.

⁴Seek your happiness in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desire.

⁵Give yourself to the LORD; trust in him, and he will help you;

⁶he will make your righteousness shine like the noonday sun.

⁷Be patient and wait for the LORD to act; don't be worried about those who prosper or those who succeed in their evil plans.

⁸Don't give in to worry or anger; it only leads to trouble.

⁹Those who trust in the LORD will possess the land, but the wicked will be driven out.

¹⁰Soon the wicked will disappear; you may look for them, but you won't find them;

¹¹but the humble will possess the land and enjoy prosperity and peace.

¹²The wicked plot against good people and glare at them with hate.

¹³But the Lord laughs at wicked people, because he knows they will soon be destroyed.

¹⁴The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows to kill the poor and needy, to slaughter those who do what is right;

¹⁵but they will be killed by their own swords, and their bows will be smashed.

¹⁶The little that a good person owns is worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,

¹⁷because the LORD will take away the strength of the wicked, but protect those who are good.

¹⁸The LORD takes care of those who obey him, and the land will be theirs forever.

¹⁹They will not suffer when times are bad; they will have enough in time of famine.

²⁰But the wicked will die; the enemies of the LORD will vanish like wild flowers; they will disappear like smoke.

²¹The wicked borrow and never pay back, but good people are generous with their gifts.

²²Those who are blessed by the LORD will possess the land, but those who are cursed by him will be driven out.

²³The LORD guides us in the way we should go and protects those who please him.

²⁴If they fall, they will not stay down, because the LORD will help them up.

²⁵I am old now; I have lived a long time, but I have never seen good people abandoned by the LORD or their children begging for food.

²⁶At all times they give freely and lend to others, and their children are a blessing.

²⁷Turn away from evil and do good, and your descendants will always live in the land;

²⁸for the LORD loves what is right and does not abandon his faithful people. He protects them forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out.

²⁹The righteous will possess the land and live in it forever.

³⁰The words of good people are wise, and they are always fair.

³¹They keep the law of their God in their hearts and never depart from it.

³²Wicked people watch good people and try to kill them;

³³but the LORD will not abandon them to their enemy's power or let them be condemned when they are on trial.

³⁴Put your hope in the LORD and obey his commands; he will honor you by giving you the land, and you will see the wicked driven out.

³⁵I once knew someone wicked who was a tyrant; he towered over everyone like a cedar of Lebanon;

³⁶but later I passed by, and he wasn't there; I looked for him, but couldn't find him.

³⁷Notice good people, observe the righteous; peaceful people have descendants,

³⁸but sinners are completely destroyed, and their descendants are wiped out.

³⁹The LORD saves the righteous and protects them in times of trouble.

⁴⁰He helps them and rescues them; he saves them from the wicked, because they go to him for protection.