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id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/36.htm" title="Psalm 36">◄</a> Psalm 37 <a href="../psalms/38.htm" title="Psalm 38">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>[A Psalm] of David.<div align="center"><p class="hebheading">א</p></div><div class="po3">Fret not thyself because of evil-doers,</div><div class="po2">Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For they shall soon wither like the grass,</div><div class="po2">And fade as the green herb.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ב</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Trust in the LORD, and do good;</div><div class="po2">Dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD;</div><div class="po2">And He shall give thee the petitions of thy heart.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ג</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Commit thy way unto the LORD;</div><div class="po2">Trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And He will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light,</div><div class="po2">And thy right as the noonday.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ד</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Resign thyself unto the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;</div><div class="po2">Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,</div><div class="po2">Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ה</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;</div><div class="po2">Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For evil-doers shall be cut off;</div><div class="po2">But those that wait for the LORD, they shall inherit the land.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ו</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And yet a little while, and the wicked is no more;</div><div class="po2">Yea, thou shalt look well at his place, and he is not.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the humble shall inherit the land,</div><div class="po2">And delight themselves in the abundance of peace.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ז</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The wicked plotteth against the righteous, And gnasheth at him with his teeth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The Lord doth laugh at him;</div><div class="po2">For He seeth that his day is coming.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ח</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The wicked have drawn out the sword,</div><div class="po2">and have bent their bow;</div><div class="po2">To cast down the poor and needy,</div><div class="po2">To slay such as are upright in the way;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Their sword shall enter into their own heart,</div><div class="po2">And their bows shall be broken.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ט</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the arms of the wicked shall be broken;</div><div class="po2">But the LORD upholdeth the righteous.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">י</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD knoweth the days of them that are wholehearted;</div><div class="po2">And their inheritance shall be for ever.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil;</div><div class="po2">And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">כ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs—</div><div class="po2">They shall pass away in smoke, they shall pass away.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ל</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The wicked borroweth, and payeth not;</div><div class="po2">But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For such as are blessed of Him shall inherit the land;</div><div class="po2">And they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">מ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>It is of the LORD that a man’s goings are established;</div><div class="po2">And He delighted in his way.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;</div><div class="po2">For the LORD upholdeth his hand.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">נ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I have been young, and now am old;</div><div class="po2">Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth;</div><div class="po2">And his seed is blessed.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ס</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Depart from evil, and do good;</div><div class="po2">And dwell for evermore.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For the LORD loveth justice, And forsaketh not His saints;</div><div class="po2">They are preserved for ever;</div><div class="po2">But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The righteous shall inherit the land,</div><div class="po2">And dwell therein for ever.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">פ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom,</div><div class="po2">And his tongue speaketh justice.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The law of his God is in his heart;</div><div class="po2">None of his steps slide.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">צ</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The wicked watcheth the righteous,</div><div class="po2">And seeketh to slay him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The LORD will not leave him in his hand,</div><div class="po2">Nor suffer him to be condemned when he is judged.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ק</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Wait for the LORD, and keep His way, And He will exalt thee to inherit the land;</div><div class="po2">When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ר</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>I have seen the wicked in great power,</div><div class="po2">And spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But one passed by, and, lo, he was not;</div><div class="po2">Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ש</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Mark the man of integrity, and behold the upright;</div><div class="po2">For there is a future for the man of peace.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But transgressors shall be destroyed together;</div><div class="po2">The future of the wicked shall be cut off.</div> <div align="center"><p class="hebheading">ת</p></div><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD;</div><div class="po2">He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And the LORD helpeth them, and delivereth them;</div><div class="po2">He delivereth them from the wicked, and saveth them,</div><div class="po2">Because they have taken refuge in Him.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" 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