Psalms 37:1–40

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^{Of David.}

^{א [’A′leph]}

¹Do not show yourself heated up because of the evildoers.
Do not be envious of those doing unrighteousness.

²For like grass they will speedily wither,
And like green new grass they will fade away.

^ב [Behth]³Trust in Jehovah and do good;
Reside in the earth, and deal with faithfulness.

⁴Also take exquisite delight in Jehovah,
And he will give you the requests of your heart.

^{ג [Gi′mel]}⁵Roll upon Jehovah your way,
And rely upon him, and he himself will act.

⁶And he will certainly bring forth your righteousness as the light itself,
And your justice as the midday.

^{ד [Da′leth]}⁷Keep silent before Jehovah
And wait longingly for him.
Do not show yourself heated up at anyone making his way successful,
At the man carrying out [his] ideas.

^ה [He’]⁸Let anger alone and leave rage;
Do not show yourself heated up only to do evil.

⁹For evildoers themselves will be cut off,
But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth.

^ו [Waw]¹⁰And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more;
And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.

¹¹But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,
And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.

^{ז [Za′yin]}¹²The wicked one is plotting against the righteous one,
And at him he is grinding his teeth.

¹³Jehovah himself will laugh at him,
For he certainly sees that his day will come.

^{ח [Chehth]}¹⁴The wicked ones have drawn a sword itself and have bent their bow,
To cause the afflicted and poor one to fall,
To slaughter those who are upright in [their] way.

¹⁵Their own sword will enter into their heart,
And their own bows will be broken.

^ט [Tehth]¹⁶Better is the little of the righteous one
Than the abundance of the many wicked ones.

¹⁷For the very arms of the wicked ones will be broken,
But Jehovah will be supporting the righteous ones.

^י [Yohdh]¹⁸Jehovah is aware of the days of the faultless ones,
And their very inheritance will continue even to time indefinite.

¹⁹They will not be ashamed in the time of calamity,
And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

^כ [Kaph]²⁰For the wicked themselves will perish,
And the enemies of Jehovah will be like the preciousness of pastures;
They must come to their end. In smoke they must come to their end.

^{ל [La′medh]}²¹The wicked one is borrowing and does not pay back,
But the righteous one is showing favor and is making gifts.

²²For those being blessed by him will themselves possess the earth,
But those upon whom evil is called by him will be cut off.

^מ [Mem]²³By Jehovah the very steps of an able‐bodied man have been made ready,
And in his way He takes delight.

²⁴Although he may fall, he will not be hurled down,
For Jehovah is supporting his hand.

^נ [Nun]²⁵A young man I used to be, I have also grown old,
And yet I have not seen anyone righteous left entirely,
Nor his offspring looking for bread.

²⁶All day long he is showing favor and lending,
And so his offspring are in line for a blessing.

^{ס [Sa′mekh]}²⁷Turn away from what is bad and do what is good,
And so reside to time indefinite.

²⁸For Jehovah is a lover of justice,
And he will not leave his loyal ones.
^{ע [‛A′yin]}To time indefinite they will certainly be guarded;
But as for the offspring of the wicked ones, they will indeed be cut off.

²⁹The righteous themselves will possess the earth,
And they will reside forever upon it.

^פ [Pe’]³⁰The mouth of the righteous is the one that utters wisdom in an undertone,
And his is the tongue that speaks justly.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart;
His steps will not wobble.

^{צ [Tsa‧dheh′]}³²The wicked one is keeping on the watch for the righteous
And is seeking to put him to death.

³³As for Jehovah, he will not leave him to the hand of that one,
And he will not pronounce him wicked when he is being judged.

^ק [Qohph]³⁴Hope in Jehovah and keep his way,
And he will exalt you to take possession of the earth.
When the wicked ones are cut off, you will see [it].

^ר [Rehsh]³⁵I have seen the wicked a tyrant
And spreading himself as a luxuriant [tree] in native soil.

³⁶And yet he proceeded to pass away, and there he was not;
And I kept seeking him, and he was not found.

^ש [Shin]³⁷Watch the blameless one and keep the upright one in sight,
For the future of [that] man will be peaceful.

³⁸But the transgressors themselves will certainly be annihilated together;
The future of wicked people will indeed be cut off.

^ת [Taw]³⁹And the salvation of the righteous ones is from Jehovah;
He is their fortress in the time of distress.

⁴⁰And Jehovah will help them and provide them with escape.
He will provide them with escape from wicked people and save them,
Because they have taken refuge in him.