Psalm 37:title–20

He Will Not Forsake His Saints

37¹ Of David.

^1uFret not yourself because of evildoers;

be not ^venvious of wrongdoers!

²For they will soon ^wfade like ^xthe grass

and wither ^ylike the green herb.

^3zTrust in the Lord, and do good;

^adwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.²

^4bDelight yourself in the Lord,

and he will ^cgive you the desires of your heart.

^5dCommit your way to the Lord;

^ztrust in him, and he will act.

^6eHe will bring forth your righteousness as the light,

and your justice as ^fthe noonday.

^7gBe still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;

^hfret not yourself over the one who ⁱprospers in his way,

over the man who carries out evil devices!

^8jRefrain from anger, and forsake wrath!

^hFret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

^9kFor the evildoers shall be cut off,

but those who wait for the Lord shall ^linherit the land.

¹⁰In ^mjust a little while, the wicked will be no more;

though you look carefully at ⁿhis place, he will not be there.

¹¹But ^othe meek shall inherit the land

and delight themselves in ^pabundant peace.

¹²The wicked ^qplots against the righteous

and ^rgnashes his teeth at him,

¹³but the Lord ^slaughs at the wicked,

for he sees that his ^tday is coming.

¹⁴The wicked draw the sword and ^ubend their bows

to bring down the poor and needy,

to slay those whose ^vway is upright;

¹⁵their sword shall enter their own heart,

and their ^wbows shall be broken.

^16xBetter is the little that the righteous has

than the abundance of many wicked.

¹⁷For ^ythe arms of the wicked shall be broken,

but the Lord ^zupholds the righteous.

¹⁸The Lord ^aknows the days of the blameless,

and their ^bheritage will remain forever;

¹⁹they are not put to shame in evil times;

in ^cthe days of famine they have abundance.

²⁰But the wicked will perish;

the enemies of the Lord are like ^dthe glory of the pastures;

they vanish—like ^esmoke they vanish away.