7 1Rest 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.

8 Cease from anger and aforsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

9 For aevildoers will be cut off,

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

10 Yet 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.

11 But athe humble will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in babundant prosperity.

12 The wicked aplots against the righteous

And bgnashes at him with his teeth.

13 The Lord alaughs at him,

For He sees bhis day is coming.

14 The 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.

15 Their sword will enter their own heart,

And their abows will be broken.

16 aBetter is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

17 For the aarms of the wicked will be broken,

But the Lord bsustains the righteous.

18 The Lord aknows the days of the 1blameless,

And their binheritance will be forever.

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

And ain the days of famine they will have abundance.

20 But 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.