^37:1 Do not inflame yourself because of evildoers, nor be envious against those who work unrighteousness. ^37:2 Because they will soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb.

    ^37:3 Trust in Jehovah and do good. Dwell in the land and feed on his faithfulness. ^37:4 Delight yourself also in Jehovah and he will give you the desires of your heart.

    ^37:5 Commit your way to Jehovah. Trust also in him and he will do it. ^37:6 And he will make your righteousness to go forth as the light and your justice as the noon-day.

    ^37:7 Rest in Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Do not inflame yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked devices.

    ^37:8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath. Do not inflame yourself, it leads only to evil-doing. ^37:9 Because evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Jehovah, they will inherit the land.

    ^37:10 Yet a little while and the wicked man will not be. Yes, you will diligently consider his place and he will not be.

    ^37:11 But the meek will inherit the land and will delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

    ^37:12 The wicked man plots against the righteous man and gnashes upon him with his teeth. ^37:13 The Lord will laugh at him, because 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, to kill such as are upright in the way. ^37:15Their sword will enter into their own heart and their bows will be broken.

    ^37:16 Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked men. ^37:17 Because the arms of the wicked will be broken, but Jehovah upholds the righteous. ^37:18 Jehovah knows the days of the perfect and their inheritance will be everlasting.

    ^37:19 They will not be put to shame in the time of evil and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

    ^37:20 Because the wicked will perish and the enemies of Jehovah are as the fat of lambs: they will disintegrate; they will disintegrate away into smoke.^37:21 The wicked man borrows and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously and gives.

    ^37:22 Because such as are blessed by him will inherit the land and those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

    ^37:23 A man's goings are established by Jehovah and he delights in his way. ^37:24 Because if he falls, he will not be utterly cast down, because Jehovah upholds him with his hand.

    ^37:25 I have been young and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. ^37:26 All the day long he deals graciously and lends and his seed is blessed.

    ^37:27 Depart from evil and do good and dwell everlasting. ^37:28 Because Jehovah loves justice and does not forsake his holy ones. They are preserved everlasting, but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

    ^37:29 The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

    ^37:30 The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom and his tongue speaks justice. ^37:31 The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps will slide.

    ^37:32 A wicked man watches a righteous man and seeks to kill him. ^37:33 Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

    ^37:34 Wait for Jehovah and keep his way and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When sinners are cut off, you will see it.

    ^37:35 I have seen a wicked man in great power and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. ^37:36 But I passed by, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

    ^37:37 Keep as the perfect man and behold the upright, because the end of that man is peace.

    ^37:38 As for transgressors, they will be destroyed together. The end of the wicked will be cut off. ^37:39But the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble, ^37:40 and Jehovah helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from sinners and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.