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Psalms, Psalm 37

¹ Be not envious toward wrongdoers.	1 Pro 23:17 Pro 24:19 Psa 73:3 Pro 3:31
² Do not fret because of evildoers,	2 Job 14:2 Psa 90:6 Psa 92:7 Jam 1:11 Psa 129:6
² For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb.
³ Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and^acultivate faithfulness.	3 Psa 62:8 Deu 30:20 Isa 40:11 Eze 34:13 Eze 34:14
⁴ Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.	4 Job 22:26 Psa 94:19 Isa 58:14 Psa 21:2 Psa 145:19 Mat 7:7 Mat 7:8
⁵ Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.	5 Psa 55:22 Pro 16:3 Pe1 5:7
⁶ He will bring forth your righteousness as the light And your judgment as the noonday.	6 Psa 97:11 Isa 58:8 Isa 58:10 Mic 7:9 Job 11:17
⁷ ^b Or Be stillRest in the LORD and wait^c Or longinglypatiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.	7 Psa 40:1 Psa 62:5 Lam 3:26 Psa 37:1 Psa 37:8 Jer 12:1
⁸ Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.	8 Eph 4:31 Col 3:8
⁹ For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land.	9 Psa 37:2 Psa 37:22 Psa 25:13 Pro 2:21 Isa 57:13 Isa 60:21 Mat 5:5
¹⁰ Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there.	10 Job 24:24 Job 7:10 Psa 37:35 Psa 37:36
¹¹ But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.	11 Mat 5:5 Psa 72:7
¹² The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth.	12 Psa 31:13 Psa 31:20 Psa 35:16
¹³ The Lord laughs at him, For He sees his day is coming.	13 Psa 2:4 Sa1 26:10 Job 18:20
¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow To cast down the afflicted and the needy, To slay those who are upright in conduct.	14 Psa 11:2 Lam 2:4 Psa 35:10 Psa 86:1 Psa 11:2
¹⁵ Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken.	15 Sa1 2:4 Psa 46:9
¹⁶ Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.	16 Pro 15:16 Pro 16:8
¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But the LORD sustains the righteous.	17 Job 38:15 Psa 10:15 Eze 30:21 Psa 71:6 Psa 145:14
¹⁸ The LORD knows the days of the^d Lit complete; or perfectblameless, And their inheritance will be forever.	18 Psa 1:6 Psa 31:7 Psa 37:27 Psa 37:29
¹⁹ They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, And in the days of famine they will have abundance.	19 Job 5:20 Psa 33:19
²⁰ But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of the LORD will be like the^e I.e. flowersglory of the pastures, They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.	20 Psa 73:27 Psa 68:2 Psa 102:3
²¹ The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives.	21 Psa 112:5 Psa 112:9
²² For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be cut off.	22 Pro 3:33 Psa 37:9 Job 5:3
²³ The steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He delights in his way.	23 Sa1 2:9 Psa 40:2 Psa 66:9 Psa 119:5 Psa 147:11
²⁴ When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because the LORD is the One^f Or who sustains him with His handwho holds his hand.	24 Psa 145:14 Pro 24:16 Mic 7:8 Psa 147:6
²⁵ I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his^g Lit seeddescendants begging bread.	25 Psa 37:28 Isa 41:17 Heb 13:5 Psa 109:10
²⁶ All day long he is gracious and lends, And his^h Lit seeddescendants are a blessing.	26 Deu 15:8 Psa 37:21 Psa 147:13
²⁷ Depart from evil and do good, ⁱ Or And dwell foreverSo you will abide forever.	27 Psa 34:14 Psa 37:18 Psa 102:28
²⁸ For the LORD loves^j Lit judgmentjustice And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever, But the^k Lit seeddescendants of the wicked will be cut off.	28 Psa 11:7 Psa 33:5 Psa 37:25 Psa 31:23 Psa 21:10 Psa 37:9 Pro 2:22 Isa 14:20
²⁹ The righteous will inherit the land And dwell in it forever.	29 Psa 37:9 Pro 2:21 Psa 37:18
³⁰ The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice.	30 Psa 49:3 Pro 10:13 Psa 101:1 Psa 119:13
³¹ The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip.	31 Deu 6:6 Psa 40:8 Psa 119:11 Isa 51:7 Jer 31:33 Psa 26:1 Psa 37:23
³² The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him.	32 Psa 10:8 Psa 17:11 Psa 37:14
³³ The LORD will not leave him in his hand Or let him be condemned when he is judged.	33 Psa 31:8 Pe2 2:9 Psa 34:22 Psa 109:31
³⁴ Wait for the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.	34 Psa 27:14 Psa 37:9 Psa 52:5 Psa 52:6 Psa 91:8
³⁵ I have seen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a luxuriant^l Lit native; Heb obscuretree in its native soil.	35 Job 5:3 Jer 12:2 Job 8:16
³⁶ Then^m Ancient versions read I passed byhe passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found.	36 Job 20:5 Psa 37:10
³⁷ Mark theⁿ Lit complete; or perfectblameless man, and behold the upright; For the man of peace will have a^o Lit an endposterity.	37 Psa 37:18 Psa 7:10 Isa 57:1 Isa 57:2
³⁸ But transgressors will be altogether destroyed; The^p Lit endposterity of the wicked will be cut off.	38 Psa 1:4-6 Psa 37:20 Psa 37:28 Psa 37:9 Psa 73:17
³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in time of trouble.	39 Psa 3:8 Psa 62:1 Psa 9:9 Psa 37:19
⁴⁰ The LORD helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, Because they take refuge in Him.	40 Psa 54:4 Psa 22:4 Isa 31:5 Dan 3:17 Dan 6:23 Ch1 5:20 Psa 34:22


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