Psalm 37:1–20

^1aDo not fret because of evildoers,

Be not ^benvious toward wrongdoers.

²For they will ^awither quickly like the grass

And ^bfade like the green herb.

^3aTrust in the Lord and do good;

^bDwell in the land and ^1ccultivate faithfulness.

^4aDelight yourself in the Lord;

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

^5aCommit your way to the Lord,

Trust also in Him, and He will do it.

⁶He will bring forth ^ayour righteousness as the light

And your judgment ^bas the noonday.

⁷¹Rest in the Lord and ^await ²patiently for Him;

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

Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

⁸Cease from anger and ^aforsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

⁹For ^aevildoers will be cut off,

But those who wait for the Lord, they will ^binherit the land.

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

And you will look carefully for ^bhis place and he will not be there.

¹¹But ^athe humble will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in ^babundant prosperity.

¹²The wicked ^aplots against the righteous

And ^bgnashes at him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord ^alaughs at him,

For He sees ^bhis day is coming.

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.

^16aBetter is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

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

But the Lord ^bsustains the righteous.

¹⁸The Lord ^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 have abundance.

²⁰But the ^awicked will perish;

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

They vanish—^blike smoke they vanish away.