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37:1  A Psalm of David. Do not be angry with the evildoers, neither be thou envious of the workers of iniquity.
37:2  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb.
37:3  Wait in the LORD and do good; live in the land and uphold the truth.
37:4  In the same manner delight thyself in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart.
37:5  Turn thy way unto the LORD and wait in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
37:6  And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy uprightness as the noonday.
37:7  Be silent before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not be angry with him who prospers in his way, with the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
37:8  Cease from anger and forsake wrath: let not thy wrath in any wise cause you to become evil.
37:9  For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait for the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
37:10  For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
37:11  But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
37:12  The wicked plots against the just and gnashes upon him with his teeth.
37:13  The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
37:14  The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy and to slay such as are of upright conversation.
37:15  Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.
37:16  A little that a righteous man has is better than the many riches of the sinners.
37:17  For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
37:18  The LORD knows the days of the perfect, and their inheritance shall be for ever.
37:19  They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
37:20  But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD as the fattest of rams shall be consumed; as smoke they shall fade away.
37:21  The wicked borrows and does not repay: but the righteous shows mercy and gives.
37:22  For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the earth, and those that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
37:23  The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.
37:24  Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
37:25  I have been young and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
37:26  He is ever merciful and lends, and his seed is a blessing.
37:27  Depart from evil, and do good, and thou shalt live for evermore.
37:28  For the LORD loves uprightness and does not forsake his merciful ones; they are preserved for ever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
37:29  The righteous shall inherit the earth and live upon it for ever.
37:30  The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue brings forth judgment.
37:31  The law of his God is in his heart; therefore none of his steps shall slide.
37:32  The wicked watches the righteous and seeks to slay him.
37:33  The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
37:34  Wait on the LORD and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
37:35  I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
37:36  Yet he passed away, and, behold, he was not: I sought him, but he could not be found.
37:37  Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of each one of them is peace.
37:38  But the rebels were destroyed all together; the wicked were cut off in the end.
37:39  But the salvation of the righteous is the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble.
37:40  And the LORD helped them and delivers them; he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they wait in him.