Psalm 37  Modern English Version

³ Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    dwell in the land, and practice faithfulness.
⁴ Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and He will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.
⁶ He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your judgment as the noonday.

⁷ Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;
    do not fret because of those who prosper in their way,
    because of those who make wicked schemes.

⁸ Let go of anger, and forsake wrath;
    do not fret—it surely leads to evil deeds.
⁹ For evildoers will be cut off,
    but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the earth.

¹⁰ For yet a little while, and the wicked will not be;
    you will look diligently for their place, and it will not be.
¹¹ But the meek will inherit the earth,
    and will delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹² The wicked plot against the righteous,
    and grind their teeth against them.
¹³ The Lord will laugh at him,
    for He sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn out the sword
    and have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor and needy,
    and to slay those on the upright path.
¹⁵ Their sword will enter into their own heart,
    and their bows will be broken.

¹⁶ Better is a little that the righteous has
    than the abundance of many wicked.
¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
    but the Lord supports the righteous.

¹⁸ The Lord knows the days of people of integrity,
    and their inheritance will be forever.
¹⁹ They will not be ashamed in the evil time,
    and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

²⁰ But the wicked will perish,
    and the enemies of the Lord will be like the glory of pastures;
    they will waste away, in smoke they will waste away.

²¹ The wicked borrows and does not repay,
    but the righteous is gracious and gives.
²² For those who are blessed of Him will inherit the earth,
    but those who are cursed of Him will be cut off.

²³ The steps of a man are made firm by the Lord;
    He delights in his way.
²⁴ Though he falls, he will not be hurled down,
    for the Lord supports him with His hand.

²⁵ I have been young, and now am old;
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
    nor their offspring begging bread.
²⁶ The righteous are gracious and lend,
    and their offspring are a source of blessing.

²⁷ Depart from evil and do good,
    and abide forevermore.
²⁸ For the Lord loves justice,
    and does not forsake His saints;
they are preserved forever,
    but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
²⁹ The righteous will inherit the land,
    and dwell on it forever.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
    and their tongue speaks justice.
³¹ The law of their God is in their heart;
    none of their steps will slip.

³² The wicked watch the righteous,
    and seek to kill them.
³³ The Lord will not forsake them to their hand,
    nor condemn them when they are judged.

³⁴ Hope in 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.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked in great power,
    and spreading himself like a luxuriant tree.
³⁶ Yet he passed away, and he was not;
    I sought him, but he could not be found.

³⁷ Mark the blameless man, and consider the upright,
    for the end of that man is peace.
³⁸ But the transgressors will be destroyed together;
    the end of the wicked is to be cut off.

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
    He is their refuge in the time of distress.
⁴⁰ The Lord will help them and deliver them;
    He will deliver them from the wicked,
    and save them, because they take refuge in Him.