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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(By David.)</h3><h3 class="s1">Trust the Lord</h3>1Don't be annoyed by anyonewho does wrong,and don't envy them.2They will soon disappearlike grass without rain.3Trust the Lord and live right!The land will be yours,and you will be safe.4Do what the Lord wants,and he will give youyour heart's desire.5Let the Lord lead youand trust him to help.6Then it will be as clearas the noonday sunthat you were right.7Be patient and trust the Lord.Don't let it bother youwhen all goes well for thosewho do sinful things.8Don't be angry or furious.Anger can lead to sin.9All sinners will disappear,but if you trust the Lord,the land will be yours.10Sinners will soon disappear,never to be found,11<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.37.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> but the poor will take the landand enjoy a big harvest.12Merciless people make plotsagainst good peopleand snarl like animals,13but the Lord laughs and knowstheir time is coming soon.14The wicked kill with swordsand shoot arrows to murderthe poor and the needyand all who do right.15But they will be killedby their own swords,and their arrowswill be broken.16It is better to live rightand be poorthan to be sinful and rich.17The wicked will lose allof their power,but the Lord gives strengthto everyone who is good.18Those who obey the Lordare daily in his care,and what he has given themwill be theirs forever.19They won't be in troublewhen times are bad,and they will have plentywhen food is scarce.20Wicked people are enemiesof the Lordand will vanish like smokefrom a field on fire.21An evil person borrowsand never pays back;a good person is generousand never stops giving.22Everyone the Lord blesseswill receive the land;everyone the Lord curseswill be destroyed.23If you do what the Lord wants,he will make certaineach step you take is sure.24The Lord will hold your hand,and if you stumble,you still won't fall.25As long as I can remember,good people have neverbeen left helpless,and their children have nevergone begging for food.26They gladly give and lend,and their childrenturn out good.27If you stop sinningand start doing right,you will keep livingand be secure forever.28The Lord loves justice,and he won't ever deserthis faithful people.He always protects them,but destroys the childrenof the wicked.29God's people will own the landand live here forever.30Words of wisdom comewhen good people speakfor justice.31They remember God's teachings,and they never takea wrong step.32The wicked try to trapand kill good people,33but the Lord is on their side,and he will defend themwhen they are on trial.34Trust the Lord and follow him.He will give you the land,and you will seethe wicked destroyed.35I have seen brutal peopleabuse others and grow stronglike trees in rich soil.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.37.35!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 36Suddenly they disappeared!I looked, but they were goneand no longer there.37Think of the bright futurewaiting for all the familiesof honest, innocent,and peace-loving people.38But not a trace will be leftof the wickedor their families.39The Lord protects his people,and they can come to himin times of trouble.40The Lord helps his peopleand saves them from the wickedbecause they run to him.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">37.35 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">like … soil: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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