¹Don’t worry because of evildoers,

or be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

²For they will soon be cut down like the grass,

and wither like the green herb.

³Trust in YHWH and do good.

Dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

⁴Delight yourself in YHWH,

and ʜᴇ will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵Commit your way to YHWH.

Trust also in ʜɪᴍ, and ʜᴇ will do this:

⁶ʜᴇ will make your righteousness shine out like light,

and your justice as the noon day sun.

⁷Rest in YHWH, and wait patiently for ʜɪᴍ.

Don’t fret when a person prospers in their way,

or because someone carries out wicked schemes.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.

Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

⁹For evildoers will be destroyed,

but those who wait for YHWH will inherit the land.

¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more.

Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.

¹¹But the humble will inherit the land,

and delight in the abundance of peace.

¹²The wicked plots against the just,

and gnashes at him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord will laugh at ʜɪᴍ,

for ʜᴇ sees that ʜɪꜱ day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,

to cast down the poor and needy,

to kill those who are upright on the path.

¹⁵Their swords will enter into their own heart.

Their bows will be broken.

¹⁶Better is a little that the righteous has,

than the abundance of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked will be broken,

but YHWH upholds the righteous.

¹⁸YHWH knows the days of the perfect.

Their inheritance will be forever.

¹⁹They will not be disgraced in the time of evil.

In the days of famine they will be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked will perish.

The enemies of YHWH will be like the beauty of the fields.

They will vanish—

vanish like smoke.

²¹The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back,

but the righteous give generously.

²²Those who are blessed by ʜɪᴍ will inherit the land.

Those who are cursed by ʜɪᴍ will be cut off.

²³A person’s steps are established by YHWH.

He delights in ʜɪꜱ way.

²⁴Even if he stumbles, he will not fall,

for YHWH holds him up with ʜɪꜱ hand.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old,

yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,

nor his children begging for bread.

²⁶All day long he deals graciously, and lends.

His offspring is blessed.

²⁷Depart from evil, and do good.

Live securely forever.

²⁸For YHWH loves justice,

and doesn’t forsake ʜɪꜱ saints.

They are preserved forever,

but the children of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹The righteous will inherit the land,

and live in it forever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom.

His tongue speaks justice.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart.

None of his steps will falter.

³²The wicked watch the righteous,

and seek to kill him.

³³YHWH will not leave him in his hand,

nor condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴Wait for YHWH, and keep ʜɪꜱ way,

and ʜᴇ will exalt you to inherit the land.

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

³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power,

spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

³⁶But he passed away, and was no more.

Though I looked for him, he could not be found.

³⁷Watch the blameless, and see the upright,

for there is a future for the person of peace.

³⁸As for transgressors, they will be destroyed together.

The future of the wicked will be cut off.

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is from YHWH.

Hᴇ is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

⁴⁰YHWH helps them and rescues them.

Hᴇ rescues them from the wicked and saves them,

because they have taken refuge in ʜɪᴍ.