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so shall you dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires of your heart.</p> <p class="acrostic">ג</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday.</p> <p class="acrostic">ד</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.</p> <p class="acrostic">ה</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.</p> <p class="acrostic">ו</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yes, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.</p> <p class="acrostic">ז</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.</p> <p class="acrostic">ח</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.</p> <p class="acrostic">ט</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.</p> <p class="acrostic">י</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.</p> <p class="acrostic">כ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But 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.</p> <p class="acrostic">ל</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.</p> <p class="acrostic">מ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand.</p> <p class="acrostic">נ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He is ever merciful, and lends; and his seed is blessed.</p> <p class="acrostic">ס</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever more.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For the LORD loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.</p> <p class="acrostic">פ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.</p> <p class="acrostic">צ</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.</p> <p class="acrostic">ק</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.</p> <p class="acrostic">ר</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Yet he passed away, and, see, he was not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.</p> <p class="acrostic">ש</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.</p> <p class="acrostic">ת</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/37-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The American King James Version is Produced by Stone Engelbrite. 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