{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/jps/ps037.htm","path":"bib/jps/ps037.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/jps/ps037.htm","text":"1 A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.\n2 For they shall soon wither like the grass, and fade as the green herb.\n3 Trust in HaShem, and do good; dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness.\n4 So shalt thou delight thyself in HaShem; and He shall give thee the petitions of thy heart.\n5 Commit thy way unto HaShem; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.\n6 And He will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy right as the noonday.\n7 Resign thyself unto HaShem, and wait patiently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.\n8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.\n9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait for HaShem, they shall inherit the land.\n10 And yet a little while, and the wicked is no more; yea, thou shalt look well at his place, and he is not.\n11 But the humble shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in the abundance of peace.\n12 The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.\n13 The L-rd doth laugh at him; for He seeth that his day is coming.\n14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow; to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as are upright in the way;\n15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.\n16 Better is a little that the righteous hath than the abundance of many wicked.\n17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but HaShem upholdeth the righteous.\n18 HaShem knoweth the days of them that are wholehearted; and their inheritance shall be for ever.\n19 They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.\n20 For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of HaShem shall be as the fat of lambs--they shall pass away in smoke, they shall pass away.\n21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not; but the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.\n22 For such as are blessed of Him shall inherit the land; and they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.\n23 It is of HaShem that a man's goings are established; and He delighted in his way.\n24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for HaShem upholdeth his hand.\n25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.\n26 All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.\n27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.\n28 For HaShem loveth justice, and forsaketh not His saints; they are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.\n29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.\n30 The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh justice.\n31 The law of his G-d is in his heart; none of his steps slide.\n32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.\n33 HaShem will not leave him in his hand, nor suffer him to be condemned when he is judged.\n34 Wait for HaShem, and keep His way, and He will exalt thee to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.\n35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.\n36 But one passed by, and, lo, he was not; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.\n37 Mark the man of integrity, and behold the upright; for there is a future for the man of peace.\n38 But transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.\n39 But the salvation of the righteous is of HaShem; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.\n40 And HaShem helpeth them, and delivereth them; He delivereth them from the wicked, and saveth them, because they have taken refuge in Him.","title":"Psalms 37","type":"page"}