¹A Psalm of David.

Do not be infuriated by evildoers;

Do not be envious of perpetrators of injustice.

²For they will quickly be cut down like wild herbage

And will wither like green grass.

³Trust in the Lord and do good;

Dwell in the land

And feed on faithfulness.

⁴And delight in the Lord,

And he will grant you the requests of your heart.

⁵Entrust your way to the Lord,

And trust in him,

And he will perform it.

⁶And he will bring out your righteousness like light,

And your justice like midday.

⁷Be still before the Lord,

And wait for him.

Do not be infuriated by him who makes his way a success

– By a man who engages in intrigues.

⁸Cease from anger

And abandon fury;

Do not be infuriated,

Which just leads to acting wickedly.

⁹For those who act wickedly will be cut off,

But those who await the Lord

Will inherit the earth.

¹⁰And in just a little while,

There will not be any wicked.

As soon as you have taken stock of his position,

He will not be there.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the earth

And delight in great peace.

¹²The wicked man schemes against the righteous man

And gnashes his teeth at him.

¹³The Lord^* will laugh at him,

For he has seen that his day will come.

¹⁴The wicked unsheathe a sword

And draw their bow,

In order to fell the poor and the needy,

And to slaughter those of an upright way.

¹⁵Their sword will go into their own heart,

And their bows will be broken up.

¹⁶The little that the righteous man has

Is better than the much of the many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked will be broken,

But the Lord upholds the righteous.

¹⁸The Lord knows the days of those with integrity,

Whose inheritance will be age-abiding.

¹⁹They shall not be ashamed at an evil time,

And in days of famine, they will be satiated.

²⁰For the wicked will perish,

And the enemies of the Lord are like the prime part of fatted lambs.

They will be consumed;

In smoke they will be consumed.

²¹The wicked man borrows and does not repay,

But the righteous man shows compassion and gives.

²²For those blessed by him will inherit the earth,

But those cursed by him will be cut off.

²³Man's steps are made firm by the Lord,

And he delights in his way.

²⁴If he falls,

He will not be cast out,

For the Lord supports his hand.

²⁵I was once a young man,

But now I am old,

And I have not seen a righteous man forsaken,

Nor seen his seed seeking bread.

²⁶He is compassionate and lends all day,

And his seed is a blessing.

²⁷Depart from evil and do good,

And so dwell age-abidingly.

²⁸For the Lord loves justice,

And he does not forsake those of his grace.

They are kept safe age-abidingly,

But the seed of the wicked is cut off.

²⁹The righteous will inherit the earth

And will dwell on it perpetually.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

And his tongue speaks justice.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart;

None of his steps stumbles.

³²The wicked watches for the righteous

And endeavours to kill him.

³³The Lord will not leave him in his hand,

Nor will he condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴Wait for the Lord,

And guard his way,

And he will exalt you in inheriting the earth.

When the wicked are cut off,

You will see it.

³⁵I have seen a wicked, violent man

Spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

³⁶Then he passes away,

And behold, he is not there,

And although I might seek him,

He is not to be found.

³⁷Maintain integrity

And see to being upright,

For the final state of man is peace.

³⁸But transgressors will be completely destroyed;

The final state of the wicked is to be cut off.

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;

He is their stronghold in the time of tribulation.

⁴⁰And the Lord will help them and deliver them;

He will deliver them from the wicked ones

And save them,

For they have trusted in him.

Reference(s) in Chapter 37: v.11 ↔ Matthew 5:5.