37:1  Do not fret because of evildoers; Don't envy wrongdoers

37:2  For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.

37:3  Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

37:4  Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart.

37:5  Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also 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  Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

37:8  Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

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

37:10  Yet a little while and the wicked man will exist no more; And you will look carefully for his place and you will not find him there.

37:11  But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

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

37:13  The Lord laughs at him, For He sees his day coming.

37:14  The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow to cast down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who behave uprightly in conduct.

37:15  Their sword will enter their own heart, and their bows will break.

37:16  Better to have little and maintain righteousness than the abundance of many wicked.

37:17  For the Lord will break the arms of the wicked, But the LORD sustains the righteous.

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

37:19  They will suffer shame in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they will have abundance.

37:20  But the wicked will perish; and the enemies of the LORD will resemble the glory of the pastures, They vanish-- like smoke they vanish away.

37:21  The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous graciously gives.

37:22  For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, But God will curse those whom He has cut off.

37:23  The Lord establishes the steps of a man, and He delights in his way.

37:24  When he falls, he will not hurl headlong, Because the LORD holds his hand.

37:25  I have lived as a young person and now I have grown old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging bread.

37:26  All day long he graciously lends, and his descendants have become a blessing to him.

37:27  Depart from evil and do good, So you will abide forever.

37:28  For the LORD loves justice And does not forsake His godly ones; He preserves them forever, But the Lord will cut the descendants of the wicked 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 permeates 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 hand or let him suffer condemnation when they judge him.

37:34  Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; When God cuts the wicked off, you will see it.

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

37:36  Then he passed away, and lo, he existed no more; I sought for him, but we could not find him.

37:37  Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright; For the man of peace will have a posterity.

37:38  But transgressors will altogether suffer destruction; The posterity of the wicked will end.

37:39  But the salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; He provides their strength 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.