Delight Yourself in Yahweh

¹Do not fret because of evildoers,

Be not envious toward doers of unrighteousness.

²For they will wither quickly like the grass

And fade like the green herb.

³Trust in Yahweh and do good;

Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

⁴Delight yourself in Yahweh;

And He will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Commit your way to Yahweh,

Trust in Him, and He will do it.

⁶He will bring forth your righteousness as the light

And your judgment as the noonday.

⁷¶Be still in Yahweh and wait patiently for Him;[#37:7 Or longingly]

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.

⁸Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

⁹For evildoers will be cut off,

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

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

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

¹¹But the lowly will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in abundant peace.

¹²¶The wicked schemes against the righteous

And gnashes at him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord laughs at him,

For He sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow

To cast down the afflicted and the needy,

To slay those who are upright in conduct.

¹⁵Their sword will enter their own heart,

And their bows will be broken.

¹⁶¶Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked will be broken,

But Yahweh sustains the righteous.

¹⁸Yahweh knows the days of the blameless,[#37:18 Lit complete , perfect]

And their inheritance will be forever.

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

And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked will perish;

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

They vanish—in smoke they vanish away.

²¹The wicked borrows and does not pay back,

But the righteous is gracious and gives.

²²For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,

But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

²³¶The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh,

And He delights in his way.

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

Because Yahweh is the One who sustains his hand.

²⁵I was young and now I am old,

Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

Or his seed begging bread.

²⁶All day long he is gracious and lends,

And his seed is a blessing.

²⁷¶Depart from evil and do good,

So you will dwell forever.

²⁸For Yahweh loves justice[#37:28 Lit judgment]

And will not forsake His holy ones;

They are kept forever,

But the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹The righteous will inherit the land

And dwell in it forever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

And his tongue speaks justice.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart;

His steps do not slip.

³²The wicked spies upon the righteous

And seeks to put him to death.

³³Yahweh will not forsake him in his hand;

He will not condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴Hope for Yahweh and keep His way,

And He will exalt you to inherit the land;

When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

³⁵¶I have seen a wicked, ruthless man

Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

³⁶Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more;[#37:36 Ancient versions I passed by]

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

³⁷Observe the blameless man, and behold the upright;[#37:37 Or perfect ; lit complete]

For the man of peace will have a posterity.

³⁸But transgressors will be altogether destroyed;

The posterity of the wicked will be cut off.

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;

He is their strength in time of distress.

⁴⁰Yahweh helps them and protects them;

He protects them from the wicked and saves them,

Because they take refuge in Him.