Psalm 37:1–20

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.