Psalm 36:1–20

Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

²For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

³Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

⁴Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

⁵Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

⁶And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

⁷Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

⁸Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

⁹For evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.

¹²The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

¹³But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.

¹⁵Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

¹⁶Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

¹⁸The Lord knoweth the days of the undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:

²⁰Because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.