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| 37:1 | Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. |
| 37:2 | For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. |
| 37:3 | Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. |
| 37:4 | Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. |
| 37:5 | Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. |
| 37:6 | And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. |
| 37:7 | Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. |
| 37:8 | Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. |
| 37:9 | For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. |
| 37:10 | For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. |
| 37:11 | But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. |
| 37:12 | The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. |
| 37:13 | The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth 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, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. |
| 37:15 | Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. |
| 37:16 | A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. |
| 37:17 | For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. |
| 37:18 | The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. |
| 37:19 | They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. |
| 37:20 | But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. |
| 37:21 | The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. |
| 37:22 | For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. |
| 37:23 | The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. |
| 37:24 | Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. |
| 37:25 | I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. |
| 37:26 | He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. |
| 37:27 | Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. |
| 37:28 | For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| 37:29 | The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. |
| 37:30 | The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. |
| 37:31 | The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. |
| 37:32 | The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. |
| 37:33 | The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. |
| 37:34 | Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. |
| 37:35 | I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. |
| 37:36 | Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. |
| 37:37 | Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. |
| 37:38 | But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| 37:39 | But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. |
| 37:40 | And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. |
| 37:1 | A Psalme of Dauid. Fret not thy self because of the vngodly: nether be thou enuyous agaynst the euell doers. |
| 37:2 | For they shall soone be cut downe lyke the grasse, & be wythered euen as the grene herbe. |
| 37:3 | Put thou thy trust in the Lorde, & be doinge good: dwell in the lande, and verely thou shalt be fedd. |
| 37:4 | Delyte thou in the Lorde, & he shall geue the thy hertes desyre. |
| 37:5 | Commytte thy waye vnto the Lorde, & put thy trust in hym, & he shall brynge it to passe. |
| 37:6 | He shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare as the light, & thy iust dealing as the noone daye. |
| 37:7 | Holde the styll in the Lorde, & abyde pacyently vpon him: but greue not thy selfe at hym, whose waye doth prospere agenst the man that doth after euell councels. |
| 37:8 | Leaue of from wrath, & let go displeasure, frett not thy self, els shalt thou be moued to do euell. |
| 37:9 | Wycked doers shalbe roted out: & they that paciently abyde the Lorde, those shall enheret the lande. |
| 37:10 | Yet a lytle whyle, & the vngodly shalbe clene gone: thou shalt loke after hys place, & he shalbe awaye. |
| 37:11 | But the meke spreted shall possesse the earth, & shalbe refresshed in the multitude of peace. |
| 37:12 | The vngodly seketh councell agaynst the iust, & gnassheth vpon hym with his tethe. |
| 37:13 | The Lord shall laughe hym to scorne, for he hath sene, that his daye is commynge. |
| 37:14 | The vngodly haue drawen out the swerde, and haue bended their bowe, to cast downe the poore and nedye, and to slaye soch as be of a ryght conuersacion. |
| 37:15 | Their swerde shall go thorow their awne herte, & their bowe shalbe broken. |
| 37:16 | Asinall thinge that the ryghtuous hath, is better then greate ryches of the vngodly. |
| 37:17 | For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken, and the Lorde vpholdeth the ryghtuous. |
| 37:18 | The Lord knoweth the dayes of the godly, & their inheritaunce shall endure for euer. |
| 37:19 | They shall not be confounded in the perelous tyme, and in the dayes of derth they shall haue ynough. |
| 37:20 | As for the vngodly, they shall peryshe: & the enemyes of the Lorde shall consume, as the fatt of lambes: yee, euen as the smoke shall they consume awaye. |
| 37:21 | The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne, but the rightuous is mercyfull & lyberall. |
| 37:22 | Soch as be blessed of God, shall possesse the lande, & they that be curssed of hym, shalbe roted out. |
| 37:23 | The Lord ordreth a good mans goinge, & maketh his waye acceptable to him self. |
| 37:24 | Though he fall, he shal not be cast awaye, for the Lord vpholdeth him with his hande. |
| 37:25 | I haue bene yonge, and nowe am olde: & yet sawe I neuer the rightuous forsaken, ner his sede begginge theyr bread. |
| 37:26 | The ryghtuous is euer mercyfull, and lendeth, and his sede is blessed. |
| 37:27 | Fle from euell, and do the thynge that is good, and dwel for euer. |
| 37:28 | For the Lorde loueth the thynge that is ryght, he forsaketh not hys that be godly, but they are preserued for euermore: |
| 37:29 | as for the sede of the vngodly, it shalbe roted out. |
| 37:30 | The ryghtuous shall inherett the lande, and dwell therin for euer. |
| 37:31 | The mouth of the ryghtuous is exercised in wysdome and his tonge wilbe talkyng of iudgement, |
| 37:32 | The lawe of his God is in his hert, and his goynges shall not slyde. |
| 37:33 | The vngodly seeth the ryghtuous, & seketh occasyon to slaye hym. |
| 37:34 | The Lorde wyll not leaue hym in hys hande, ner condempne him when he is iudged. |
| 37:35 | Hope thou in the Lord, and kepe his waye, & he shal promote the, that thou shalt possesse the lande: when the vngodly shal perishe, thou shalt se it. |
| 37:36 | I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in great power, & florishinge lyke a grene baye tree: |
| 37:37 | & he vanished awaye, & lo, he was gone: I sought him, but coulde no where be found. |
| 37:38 | Kepe innocency, and take hede vnto the thynge that is ryght, for that shall brynge a man peace at the last. |
| 37:39 | As for the transgressours, they shall peryshe together, and the ende of the vngodly is, they shall be roted out at the last. But the saluacion of the ryghtuous commeth of the Lorde, which is also their strength in the tyme of trouble. |
| 37:40 | And the Lorde shall stande by them, and saue them: he shall delyuer them from the vngodly, and shall saue them, because they put theyr trust in hym. |
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