Jubilee2000 - Psalms - 37

37:1  <> [Aleph] Do not be angry with the evildoers, neither be thou envious of the workers of iniquity.

37:2  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb.

37:3  [Beth] Wait in the LORD and do good; live in the land and uphold the truth.

37:4  In the same manner delight thyself in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart.

37:5  [Gimel] Turn thy way unto the LORD and wait in him, and he shall bring [it] to pass.

37:6  And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy uprightness as the noonday.

37:7  [Daleth] Be silent before the LORD and wait [patiently] for him; do not be angry with him who prospers in his way, with the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

37:8  [He] Cease from anger and forsake wrath: let not thy wrath in any wise cause you to become evil.

37:9  For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait for the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

37:10  [Vau] For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]; thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

37:11  But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

37:12  [Zain] The wicked plots against the just and gnashes upon him with his teeth.

37:13  The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

37:14  [He] The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy [and] to slay such as are of upright conversation.

37:15  Their sword shall enter into their [own] heart, and their bow shall be broken.

37:16  [Tet] A little that a righteous man has is better than the many riches of the sinners.

37:17  For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

37:18  [Jod] The LORD knows the days of the perfect, and their inheritance shall be for ever.

37:19  They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

37:20  [Caph] But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD as the fattest of rams shall be consumed; as smoke They shall fade away.

37:21  [Lamed] The wicked borrows and does not repay: but the righteous shows mercy and gives.

37:22  For [such as are] blessed of him shall inherit the earth, and [those that are] cursed of him shall be cut off.

37:23  [Mem] The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.

37:24  Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds [him with] his hand.

37:25  [Nun] I have been young and [now] am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

37:26  [He is] ever merciful and lends, and his seed is a blessing.

37:27  [Samech] Depart from evil, and do good, and thou shalt live for evermore.

37:28  For the LORD loves uprightness and does not forsake his merciful ones; they are preserved for ever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:29  [Ain] The righteous shall inherit the earth and live upon it for ever.

37:30  [Pe] The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue brings forth judgment.

37:31  The law of his God [is] in his heart; therefore none of his steps shall slide.

37:32  [Tzaddi] The wicked watches the righteous and seeks to slay him.

37:33  The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

37:34  [Koph] Wait on the LORD and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].

37:35  [Resh] I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

37:36  Yet he passed away, and, behold, he [was] not: I sought him, but he could not be found.

37:37  [Schin] Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of each one of them [is] peace.

37:38  But the rebels were destroyed all together; the wicked were cut off in the end.

37:39  [Tau] But the salvation of the righteous is the LORD; [he is] their strength in the time of trouble.

37:40  And the LORD helped them and delivers them; he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they wait in him.: