Psalm 37 Noli aemulari.
FRET not thyself because of the ungodly; * neither be thou envious against the evil doers.
2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, * and be withered even as the green herb.
3Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; * dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4Delight thou in the LORD, * and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.
5Commit thy way unto the LORD, and put thy trust in him, * and he shall bring it to pass.
6He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, * and thy just dealing as the noon-day.
7Hold thee still in the LORD, and abide patiently upon him: * but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels.
8Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: * fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.
9Wicked doers shall be rooted out; * and they that patiently abide the LORD, those shall inherit the land.
10Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone: * thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.
11But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth, * and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.
12The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just, * and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13The Lord shall laugh him to scorn; * for he hath seen that his day is coming.
14The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, * to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be upright in their ways.
15Their sword shall go through their own heart, * and their bow shall be broken.
16A small thing that the righteous hath, * is better than great riches of the ungodly.
17For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, * and the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
18The LORD knoweth the days of the godly; * and their inheritance shall endure for ever.
19They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; * and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.
20As for the ungodly, they shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall consume as the fat of lambs: * yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.
21The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again; * but the righteous is merciful and liberal.
22Such as are blessed of God, shall possess the land; * and they that are cursed of him, shall be rooted out.
23The LORD ordereth a good man's going, * and maketh his way acceptable to himself.
24Though he fall, he shall not be cast away; * for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
25I have been young, and now am old; * and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
26The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth; * and his seed is blessed.
27Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good; * and dwell for evermore.
28For the LORD loveth the thing that is right; * he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever.
29The unrighteous shall be punished; * as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.
30The righteous shall inherit the land, * and dwell therein for ever.
31The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, * and his tongue will be talking of judgment.
32The law of his God is in his heart, * and his goings shall not slide.
33The ungodly watcheth the righteous, * and seeketh occasion to slay him.
34The LORD will not leave him in his hand, * nor condemn him when he is judged.
35Hope thou in the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land: * when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.
36I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, * and flourishing like a green bay-tree.
37I went by, and lo, he was gone: * I sought him, but his place could no where be found.
38Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; * for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
39As for the transgressors, they shall perish together; * and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last.
40But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the LORD; * who is also their strength in the time of trouble.
41And the LORD shall stand by them, and save them: * he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they put their trust in him.