37:1Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

37:2For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

37:3Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

37:4And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

37:5Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

37:6And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.

37:7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

37:8Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

37:9For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

37:10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

37:11And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

37:12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

37:13The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

37:14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

37:15Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

37:16Better is the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

37:17For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

37:18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is -- to the age.

37:19They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

37:20But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

37:21The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

37:22For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

37:23From Jehovah are the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

37:24When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.

37:25Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

37:26All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed is for a blessing.

37:27Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.

37:28For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

37:29The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

37:31The law of his God is his heart, His steps do not slide.

37:32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

37:33Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.

37:34Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!

37:35I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

37:36And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!

37:37Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.

37:38And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

37:39And the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity.

37:40And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!

38:0A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.'

38:1Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

38:2For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.

38:3Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.

38:4For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

38:5Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

38:6I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

38:7For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

38:8I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

38:9Lord, before Thee is all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.

38:10My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

38:11My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

38:12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

38:13And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

38:14Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

38:15Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

38:16When I said, `Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.

38:17For I am ready to halt, And my pain is before me continually.

38:18For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

38:19And mine enemies are lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

38:20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

38:21Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

38:22Haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

39:0To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David.

39:1I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

39:2I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

39:3Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

39:4`Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it is,' I know how frail I am.

39:5Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.

39:6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

39:7And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it is of Thee.

39:8From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.

39:9I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.

39:10Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

39:11With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity is every man. Selah.

39:12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

39:13Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!