Psalm 37

PSALM 37

Delight Yourself in Yahweh

Of David.

Aleph

^1aDo not fret because of evildoers,

Be not ^benvious toward doers of unrighteousness.

²For they will ^awither quickly like the grass

And ^bfade like the green herb.

Beth

^3aTrust in Yahweh and do good;

^bDwell in the land and ^1ccultivate faithfulness.

^4aDelight yourself in Yahweh;

And He will ^bgive you the desires of your heart.

Gimel

^5aCommit your way to Yahweh,

Trust in Him, and He will do it.

⁶He will bring forth ^ayour righteousness as the light

And your judgment ^bas the noonday.

Daleth

⁷Be still in Yahweh and ^await ¹patiently for Him;

^bDo not fret because of him who ^cprospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.

He

⁸Cease from anger and ^aforsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

⁹For ^aevildoers will be cut off,

But those who hope for Yahweh, they will ^binherit the land.

Vav

¹⁰Yet ^aa little while and the wicked man will be no more;

You will look carefully at ^bhis place, and he will not be there.

¹¹But ^athe lowly will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in ^babundant peace.

Zayin

¹²The wicked ^aschemes against the righteous

And ^bgnashes at him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord ^alaughs at him,

For He sees that ^bhis day is coming.

Heth

¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword and ^abent their bow

To cast down the ^bafflicted and the needy,

To ^cslay those who are upright in conduct.

¹⁵Their sword will enter their own heart,

And their ^abows will be broken.

Teth

^16aBetter is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

¹⁷For the ^aarms of the wicked will be broken,

But Yahweh ^bsustains the righteous.

Yodh

¹⁸Yahweh ^aknows the days of the ¹blameless,

And their ^binheritance will be forever.

¹⁹They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,

And ^ain the days of famine they will be satisfied.

Kaph

²⁰But the ^awicked will perish;

And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the ¹glory of the pastures,

They vanish—^bin smoke they vanish away.

Lamedh

²¹The wicked borrows and does not pay back,

But the righteous ^ais gracious and gives.

²²For ^athose blessed by Him will ^binherit the land,

But those ^ccursed by Him will be cut off.

Mem

^23aThe footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh,

And He ^bdelights in his way.

²⁴When ^ahe falls, he will not be hurled headlong,

Because ^bYahweh is the One ¹who sustains his hand.

Nun

²⁵I was young and now I am old,

Yet ^aI have not seen the righteous forsaken

Or ^bhis seed begging bread.

²⁶All day long ^ahe is gracious and lends,

And ^bhis seed is a blessing.

Samekh

^27aDepart from evil and do good,

So you will dwell ^bforever.

Ayin

²⁸For Yahweh ^aloves ¹justice

And ^bwill not forsake His holy ones;

They are ^ckept forever,

But the ^dseed of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹The righteous will ^ainherit the land

And ^bdwell in it forever.

Pe

³⁰The mouth of the righteous ^autters wisdom,

And his tongue ^bspeaks justice.

³¹The ^alaw of his God is in his heart;

His ^bsteps do not slip.

Tsadhe

³²The ^awicked spies upon the righteous

And ^bseeks to put him to death.

³³Yahweh will ^anot forsake him in his hand;

^bHe will not condemn him when he is judged.

Qoph

^34aHope for Yahweh and keep His way,

And He will exalt you to inherit the land;

When the ^bwicked are cut off, you will see it.

Resh

³⁵I have ^aseen a wicked, ruthless man

Spreading himself like a ^bluxuriant ¹tree in its native soil.

³⁶Then ¹he passed away, and behold, he ^awas no more;

I sought for him, but he could not be found.

Shin

³⁷Observe the ^1ablameless man, and behold the ^bupright;

For the man of peace will have ²a ^cposterity.

³⁸But transgressors will be altogether ^adestroyed;

The ¹posterity of the wicked will be ^bcut off.

Tav

³⁹But the ^asalvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;

He is their strength ^bin time of distress.

^40aYahweh helps them and protects them;

He ^bprotects them from the wicked and saves them,

Because they ^ctake refuge in Him.