Book of Psalms, No. 37

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Psalms 37 NASB - New American Standard Bible

No. 37 of the Psalms—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ ¹Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not ²envious toward wrongdoers.
For they will ³wither quickly like the grass
And ⁴fade like the green herb.
⁵Trust in the LORD and do good;
⁶Dwell in the land and ^[a]⁷cultivate faithfulness.
⁸Delight yourself in the LORD;
And He will ⁹give you the desires of your heart.
¹⁰Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
He will bring forth ¹¹your righteousness as the light
And your judgment ¹²as the noonday.
¶ ^[b]Rest in the LORD and ¹³wait ^[c]patiently for Him;
¹⁴Do not fret because of him who ¹⁵prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
Cease from anger and ¹⁶forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
For ¹⁷evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the LORD, they will ¹⁸inherit the land.
Yet ¹⁹a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for ²⁰his place and he will not be there.
But ²¹the humble will inherit the land
And will delight themselves in ²²abundant prosperity.
¶ The wicked ²³plots against the righteous
And ²⁴gnashes at him with his teeth.
The Lord ²⁵laughs at him,
For He sees ²⁶his day is coming.
The wicked have drawn the sword and ²⁷bent their bow
To cast down the ²⁸afflicted and the needy,
To ²⁹slay those who are upright in conduct.
Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their ³⁰bows will be broken.
¶ ³¹Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.
For the ³²arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the LORD ³³sustains the righteous.
The LORD ³⁴knows the days of the ^[d]blameless,
And their ³⁵inheritance will be forever.
They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And ³⁶in the days of famine they will have abundance.
But the ³⁷wicked will perish;
And the enemies of the LORD will be like the ^[e]glory of the pastures,
They vanish—³⁸like smoke they vanish away.
The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous ³⁹is gracious and gives.
For ⁴⁰those blessed by Him will ⁴¹inherit the land,
But those ⁴²cursed by Him will be cut off.
¶ ⁴³The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
And He ⁴⁴delights in his way.
When ⁴⁵he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because ⁴⁶the LORD is the One ^[f]who holds his hand.
I have been young and now I am old,
Yet ⁴⁷I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or ⁴⁸his ^[g]descendants begging bread.
All day long ⁴⁹he is gracious and lends,
And ⁵⁰his ^[h]descendants are a blessing.
¶ ⁵¹Depart from evil and do good,
^[i]So you will abide ⁵²forever.
For the LORD ⁵³loves ^[j]justice
And ⁵⁴does not forsake His godly ones;
They are ⁵⁵preserved forever,
But the ^[k]⁵⁶descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
The righteous will ⁵⁷inherit the land
And ⁵⁸dwell in it forever.
The mouth of the righteous ⁵⁹utters wisdom,
And his tongue ⁶⁰speaks justice.
The ⁶¹law of his God is in his heart;
His ⁶²steps do not slip.
The ⁶³wicked spies upon the righteous
And ⁶⁴seeks to kill him.
The LORD will ⁶⁵not leave him in his hand
Or ⁶⁶let him be condemned when he is judged.
⁶⁷Wait for the LORD and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the ⁶⁸wicked are cut off, you will see it.
¶ I have ⁶⁹seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a ⁷⁰luxuriant ^[l]tree in its native soil.
Then ^[m]he passed away, and lo, he ⁷¹was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.
Mark the ^[n]⁷²blameless man, and behold the ⁷³upright;
For the man of peace will have a ^[o]⁷⁴posterity.
But transgressors will be altogether ⁷⁵destroyed;
The ^[p]posterity of the wicked will be ⁷⁶cut off.
But the ⁷⁷salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
He is their strength ⁷⁸in time of trouble.
⁷⁹The LORD helps them and delivers them;
He ⁸⁰delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they ⁸¹take refuge in Him.

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FOOTNOTES

^ Or feed securely or feed on His faithfulness
^ Or Be still
^ Or longingly
^ Lit complete; or perfect
^ I.e. flowers
^ Or who sustains him with His hand
^ Lit seed
^ Lit seed
^ Or And dwell forever
^ Lit judgment
^ Lit seed
^ Lit native; Heb obscure
^ Ancient versions read I passed by
^ Lit complete; or perfect
^ Lit an end
^ Lit end

REFERENCES

^ Pr 23:17; 24:19
^ Ps 73:3; Pr 3:31
^ Jb 14:2; Ps 90:6; 92:7; Jm 1:11
^ Ps 129:6
^ Ps 62:8
^ De 30:20
^ Is 40:11; Eze 34:13, 14
^ Jb 22:26; Ps 94:19; Is 58:14
^ Ps 21:2; 145:19; Mt 7:7, 8
^ Ps 55:22; Pr 16:3; 1Pe 5:7
^ Ps 97:11; Is 58:8, 10; Mc 7:9
^ Jb 11:17
^ Ps 40:1; 62:5; La 3:26
^ Ps 37:1, 8
^ Je 12:1
^ Eph 4:31; Col 3:8
^ Ps 37:2, 22
^ Ps 25:13; Pr 2:21; Is 57:13; 60:21; Mt 5:5
^ Jb 24:24
^ Jb 7:10; Ps 37:35, 36
^ Mt 5:5
^ Ps 72:7
^ Ps 31:13, 20
^ Ps 35:16
^ Ps 2:4
^ 1Sa 26:10; Jb 18:20
^ Ps 11:2; La 2:4
^ Ps 35:10; 86:1
^ Ps 11:2
^ 1Sa 2:4; Ps 46:9
^ Pr 15:16; 16:8
^ Jb 38:15; Ps 10:15; Eze 30:21
^ Ps 71:6; 145:14
^ Ps 1:6; 31:7
^ Ps 37:27, 29
^ Jb 5:20; Ps 33:19
^ Ps 73:27
^ Ps 68:2; 102:3
^ Ps 112:5, 9
^ Pr 3:33
^ Ps 37:9
^ Jb 5:3
^ 1Sa 2:9; Ps 40:2; 66:9; 119:5
^ Ps 147:11
^ Ps 145:14; Pr 24:16; Mc 7:8
^ Ps 147:6
^ Ps 37:28; Is 41:17; Heb 13:5
^ Ps 109:10
^ De 15:8; Ps 37:21
^ Ps 147:13
^ Ps 34:14
^ Ps 37:18; 102:28
^ Ps 11:7; 33:5
^ Ps 37:25
^ Ps 31:23
^ Ps 21:10; 37:9; Pr 2:22; Is 14:20
^ Ps 37:9; Pr 2:21
^ Ps 37:18
^ Ps 49:3; Pr 10:13
^ Ps 101:1; 119:13
^ De 6:6; Ps 40:8; 119:11; Is 51:7; Je 31:33
^ Ps 26:1; 37:23
^ Ps 10:8; 17:11
^ Ps 37:14
^ Ps 31:8; 2Pe 2:9
^ Ps 34:22; 109:31
^ Ps 27:14; 37:9
^ Ps 52:5, 6; 91:8
^ Jb 5:3; Je 12:2
^ Jb 8:16
^ Jb 20:5; Ps 37:10
^ Ps 37:18
^ Ps 7:10
^ Is 57:1, 2
^ Ps 1:4-6; 37:20, 28
^ Ps 37:9; 73:17
^ Ps 3:8; 62:1
^ Ps 9:9; 37:19
^ Ps 54:4
^ Ps 22:4; Is 31:5; Da 3:17; 6:23
^ 1Ch 5:20; Ps 34:22

Book of Psalms, No. 37

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