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be envious of those who do wrong;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>for like the grass they will soon wither,</p><p class="line2">like green plants they will soon die away.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Trust in the <span class="name">Lord</span> and do good;</p><p class="line2">dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Take delight in the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">and he will give you the desires of your heart.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Commit your way to the <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">trust in him and he will do this:</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,</p><p class="line2">your vindication like the noonday sun.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Be still before the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">and wait patiently for him;</p><p class="line1">do not fret when people succeed in their ways,</p><p class="line2">when they carry out their wicked schemes.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;</p><p class="line2">do not fret—it leads only to evil.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For those who are evil will be destroyed,</p><p class="line2">but those who hope in the <span class="name">Lord</span> will inherit the land.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A little while, and the wicked will be no more;</p><p class="line2">though you look for them, they will not be found.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But the meek will inherit the land</p><p class="line2">and enjoy peace and prosperity.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The wicked plot against the righteous</p><p class="line2">and gnash their teeth at them;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>but the Lord laughs at the wicked,</p><p class="line2">for he knows their day is coming.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The wicked draw the sword</p><p class="line2">and bend the bow</p><p class="line1">to bring down the poor and needy,</p><p class="line2">to slay those whose ways are upright.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But their swords will pierce their own hearts,</p><p class="line2">and their bows will be broken.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Better the little that the righteous have</p><p class="line2">than the wealth of many wicked;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>for the power of the wicked will be broken,</p><p class="line2">but the <span class="name">Lord</span> upholds the righteous.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The blameless spend their days under the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s care,</p><p class="line2">and their inheritance will endure forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>In times of disaster they will not wither;</p><p class="line2">in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the wicked will perish:</p><p class="line2">Though the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,</p><p class="line2">they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The wicked borrow and do not repay,</p><p class="line2">but the righteous give generously;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>those the <span class="name">Lord</span> blesses will inherit the land,</p><p class="line2">but those he curses will be destroyed.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> makes firm the steps</p><p class="line2">of the one who delights in him;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>though he may stumble, he will not fall,</p><p class="line2">for the <span class="name">Lord</span> upholds him with his hand.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I was young and now I am old,</p><p class="line2">yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken</p><p class="line2">or their children begging bread.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They are always generous and lend freely;</p><p class="line2">their children will be a blessing. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or freely; the names of their children will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or freely; others will see that their children are blessed">b</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Turn from evil and do good;</p><p class="line2">then you will dwell in the land forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For the <span class="name">Lord</span> loves the just</p><p class="line2">and will not forsake his faithful ones.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever">c</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">the offspring of the wicked will perish.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The righteous will inherit the land</p><p class="line2">and dwell in it forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,</p><p class="line2">and their tongues speak what is just.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The law of their God is in their hearts;</p><p class="line2">their feet do not slip.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,</p><p class="line2">intent on putting them to death;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>but the <span class="name">Lord</span> will not leave them in the power of the wicked</p><p class="line2">or let them be condemned when brought to trial.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Hope in the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">and keep his way.</p><p class="line1">He will exalt you to inherit the land;</p><p class="line2">when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>I have seen a wicked and ruthless man</p><p class="line2">flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>but he soon passed away and was no more;</p><p class="line2">though I looked for him, he could not be found.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Consider the blameless, observe the upright;</p><p class="line2">a future awaits those who seek peace. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity">d</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>But all sinners will be destroyed;</p><p class="line2">there will be no future <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or posterity">e</a></sup></span> for the wicked.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>The salvation of the righteous comes from the <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">he is their stronghold in time of trouble.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/37-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> helps them and delivers them;</p><p class="line2">he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,</p><p class="line2">because they take refuge in him.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>freely;<br />     the names of their children will be used in blessings</i> (see Gen. 48:20); or <i>freely;<br />     others will see that their children are blessed</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> <span class="footnotebot">See Septuagint; Hebrew <i>They will be protected forever</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">37</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">38</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>posterity</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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