37:1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
37:2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
37:5Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
37:6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
37:9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
37:11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
37:12The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
37:13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
37:14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
37:15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
37:16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
37:18The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
37:19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
37:20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
37:21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
37:22For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
37:23The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
37:24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
37:25I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
37:26He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
37:27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
37:29The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
37:30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
37:31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
37:33The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
37:34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
37:36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
37:38But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
37:39But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
37:40And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
38:0A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
38:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
38:4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
38:5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
38:6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
38:7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
38:9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
38:10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
38:13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
38:14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
38:15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
38:16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
38:17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
38:18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
38:19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
38:20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
38:21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
38:22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
39:0To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
39:1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
39:3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
39:4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
39:7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
39:13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.