Psalms 37 · Clearspring

Of David. + 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Delight Yourself in the LORD

1 Kings 2:1–9

¹Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.+ ²For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.+ ³Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.+ ⁴Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.+ ⁵Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:+ ⁶he will make your righteousness go out as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.+ ⁷Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.+ ⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.+ ⁹For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.+ ¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there.+ ¹¹But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.+ ¹²The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.+ ¹³The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.+ ¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.+ ¹⁵Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.+ ¹⁶Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.+ ¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.+ ¹⁸Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.+ ¹⁹They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.+ ²⁰But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish— vanish like smoke.+ ²¹The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.+ ²²For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.+ ²³A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.+ ²⁴Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.+ ²⁵I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.+ ²⁶All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.+ ²⁷Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.+ ²⁸For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.+ ²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.+ ³⁰The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.+ ³¹The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.+ ³²The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.+ ³³Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.+ ³⁴Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.+ ³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.+ ³⁶But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.+ ³⁷Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.+ ³⁸As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.+ ³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.+ ⁴⁰Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.+

Delight Yourself in the LORD

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