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Book of Psalms, No. 37

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No. 37 of the Psalms—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Do not show yourself heated up because of the evildoers.1
      Do not be envious of those doing unrighteousness.2
  2. ¶ For like grass they will speedily wither,3
      And like green new grass they will fade away.4
  3. ¶ Trust in Jehovah and do good;5
      Reside in the earth, and deal with faithfulness.6
  4. ¶ Also take exquisite delight in Jehovah,7
      And he will give you the requests of your heart.8
  5. ¶ Roll upon Jehovah your way,9
      And rely upon him,10 and he himself will act.11
  6. ¶ And he will certainly bring forth your righteousness as the light itself,12
      And your justice as the midday.13
  7. ¶ Keep silent before Jehovah14
      And wait longingly for him.15
    ¶ Do not show yourself heated up at anyone making his way successful,16
      At the man carrying out [his] ideas.17
  8. ¶ Let anger alone and leave rage;18
      Do not show yourself heated up only to do evil.19
  9. ¶ For evildoers themselves will be cut off,20
      But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth.21
  10. ¶ And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more;22
      And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.23
  11. ¶ But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,24
      And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.25
  12. ¶ The wicked one is plotting against the righteous one,26
      And at him he is grinding his teeth.27
  13. ¶ Jehovah[a] himself will laugh at him,28
      For he certainly sees that his day will come.29
  14. ¶ The wicked ones have drawn a sword itself and have bent their bow,30
      To cause the afflicted and poor one to fall,31
      To slaughter those who are upright in [their] way.32
  15. ¶ Their own sword will enter into their heart,33
      And their own bows will be broken.34
  16. ¶ Better is the little of the righteous one35
      Than the abundance of the many wicked ones.36
  17. ¶ For the very arms of the wicked ones will be broken,37
      But Jehovah will be supporting the righteous ones.38
  18. ¶ Jehovah is aware of the days of the faultless ones,39
      And their very inheritance will continue even to time indefinite.40
  19. ¶ They will not be ashamed in the time of calamity,41
      And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.42
  20. ¶ For the wicked themselves will perish,43
      And the enemies of Jehovah will be like the preciousness of pastures;
      They must come to their end.44 In smoke they must come to their end.45
  21. ¶ The wicked one is borrowing and does not pay back,46
      But the righteous one is showing favor and is making gifts.47
  22. ¶ For those being blessed by him will themselves possess the earth,48
      But those upon whom evil is called by him will be cut off.49
  23. ¶ By Jehovah the very steps of an able-bodied man have been made ready,50
      And in his way He takes delight.51
  24. ¶ Although he may fall, he will not be hurled down,52
      For Jehovah is supporting his hand.53
  25. ¶ A young man I used to be, I have also grown old,54
      And yet I have not seen anyone righteous left entirely,55
      Nor his offspring[b] looking for bread.56
  26. ¶ All day long he is showing favor and lending,57
      And so his offspring are in line for a blessing.58
  27. ¶ Turn away from what is bad and do what is good,59
      And so reside to time indefinite.60
  28. ¶ For Jehovah is a lover of justice,61
      And he will not leave his loyal ones.62
    ¶ To[c] time indefinite they will certainly be guarded;63
      But as for the offspring of the wicked ones, they will indeed be cut off.64
  29. ¶ The righteous themselves will possess the earth,65
      And they will reside forever upon it.66
  30. ¶ The mouth of the righteous is the one that utters wisdom in an undertone,67
      And his is the tongue that speaks justly.68
  31. ¶ The law of his God is in his heart;69
      His steps will not wobble.70
  32. ¶ The wicked one is keeping on the watch for the righteous71
      And is seeking to put him to death.72
  33. ¶ As for Jehovah, he will not leave him to the hand of that one,73
      And he will not pronounce him wicked when he is being judged.74
  34. ¶ Hope in Jehovah and keep his way,75
      And he will exalt you to take possession of the earth.76
      When the wicked ones are cut off, you will see [it].77
  35. ¶ I have seen the wicked a tyrant78
      And spreading himself[d] as a luxuriant [tree] in native soil.79
  36. ¶ And yet he proceeded to pass away,[e] and there he was not;80
      And I kept seeking him, and he was not found.81
  37. ¶ Watch the blameless one and keep the upright one in sight,82
      For the future of [that] man will be peaceful.83
  38. ¶ But the transgressors themselves will certainly be annihilated together;84
      The future of wicked people will indeed be cut off.85
  39. ¶ And[f] the salvation of the righteous ones is from Jehovah;86
      He is their fortress in the time of distress.87
  40. ¶ And Jehovah will help them and provide them with escape.88
      He will provide them with escape from wicked people and save them,89
      Because they have taken refuge in him.90

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
  2. ^ Or, “seed.”
  3. ^ By dropping the preposition “to” (ל), this line begins with the acrostic Heb. letter ʽAʹyin.
  4. ^ Lit., “pouring himself out.”
  5. ^ According to M; LXXSyVg, “I passed by.”
  6. ^ By dropping the conjunction “and” (ו), this line begins with an acrostic Taw, the last letter of the Heb. alphabet.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ps 37:7; Pr 24:19
  2. ^ Ps 73:3; Pr 3:31; 23:17
  3. ^ Ps 73:19; 90:6; 129:6
  4. ^ Jm 1:10; 1Pe 1:24
  5. ^ Ps 4:5; Is 1:17; 50:10; Heb 13:16
  6. ^ Pr 28:20
  7. ^ Is 58:14
  8. ^ Ps 21:2
  9. ^ Ps 55:22; Pr 16:3
  10. ^ Mt 6:33; Pp 4:6; 1Pe 5:7
  11. ^ Ec 9:1; La 3:37; Jm 4:15
  12. ^ Mc 7:9
  13. ^ Ml 3:18; Mt 7:2
  14. ^ Ps 62:1; La 3:26
  15. ^ Ps 27:14
  16. ^ Jb 21:7; Ps 73:3; Je 12:1
  17. ^ Pr 19:21; Is 10:13
  18. ^ Pr 14:29; 16:32; Eph 4:26
  19. ^ Lu 9:54
  20. ^ Jb 27:14; Ps 55:23; 2Pe 2:9
  21. ^ Ps 25:13; 37:29; Is 57:13; 58:14; Mt 5:5
  22. ^ Jb 24:24; Heb 10:37; 1Pe 4:7
  23. ^ 1Sa 25:39; Jb 7:10; Ps 52:5
  24. ^ Is 45:18; Mt 5:5; Re 21:3
  25. ^ Ps 72:7; 119:165; Is 26:3; 48:18; Pp 4:7
  26. ^ 1Sa 18:21; Mt 26:4
  27. ^ Ps 35:16
  28. ^ Ps 2:4
  29. ^ 1Sa 26:10; Je 50:27; Eze 21:25
  30. ^ Ps 64:3
  31. ^ Hab 1:13
  32. ^ Ac 7:52; 12:2; 1Jo 3:12
  33. ^ 2Sa 17:23; Es 7:10; Ps 7:15; 35:8
  34. ^ Ps 46:9; 76:3
  35. ^ Pr 16:8; 30:9; 1Ti 6:6
  36. ^ Pr 15:16; Ec 2:26
  37. ^ Jb 38:15; Ps 10:15
  38. ^ Ps 41:12; Jd 24
  39. ^ Ps 1:6; 2Ti 2:19
  40. ^ Ps 16:11; 1Jo 2:25
  41. ^ Ec 9:12; Am 5:13
  42. ^ Ps 33:19
  43. ^ Ps 92:9; Pr 10:7; 2Pe 2:12
  44. ^ Ge 19:29
  45. ^ Ps 102:3
  46. ^ De 28:12; Pr 22:7
  47. ^ De 15:11; Jb 31:16; Ps 112:9; Pr 14:21; 19:17; Ec 11:2; 2Ti 1:16
  48. ^ Ps 37:9
  49. ^ Ps 119:21; Zc 5:4
  50. ^ 1Sa 2:9; Pr 16:9
  51. ^ Pr 11:20; Je 9:24
  52. ^ Ps 34:19; 145:14; Pr 24:16
  53. ^ Ps 91:12
  54. ^ Jb 32:6; Ps 71:18
  55. ^ Jos 1:5; Ps 94:14; Mt 6:33; Heb 13:5
  56. ^ De 24:19; Ps 25:13; 112:2; 145:15; Pr 10:3; 13:22
  57. ^ De 15:8; Ps 112:5
  58. ^ Pr 20:7
  59. ^ Ps 34:14; Is 1:17; 1Pe 3:11
  60. ^ Pr 16:17
  61. ^ Jb 37:23; Ps 11:7; 33:5; Je 9:24
  62. ^ 1Sa 2:9; 2Sa 22:26; Pr 2:8
  63. ^ Ps 97:10
  64. ^ Jb 27:14; Ps 21:10; Pr 2:22
  65. ^ De 30:20; Ps 37:9; Pr 2:21; Mt 5:5
  66. ^ Is 66:22; Mt 25:46; Re 21:3
  67. ^ Jos 1:8; Ps 1:2
  68. ^ Mt 12:35; Eph 4:29; Col 4:6
  69. ^ De 6:6; Ps 40:8; Heb 8:10
  70. ^ Ps 121:3
  71. ^ Je 20:10; Lu 6:7
  72. ^ Ps 10:8; Lu 19:47; Ac 9:24
  73. ^ Ps 31:8; 2Ti 4:17; 2Pe 2:9
  74. ^ Ps 109:31
  75. ^ Ps 27:14; Pr 4:26; 20:22
  76. ^ Ps 37:22
  77. ^ Ps 52:6; 91:8
  78. ^ Es 5:11
  79. ^ Jb 21:7
  80. ^ Ex 15:10; Ac 12:23
  81. ^ Ps 37:10
  82. ^ Jb 1:1
  83. ^ Jb 42:12, 16; Pr 28:10; Is 32:18
  84. ^ Ps 1:4; 9:17; 52:5; Pr 10:7
  85. ^ 2Pe 2:9
  86. ^ Ps 3:8; Is 12:2; Jon 2:9
  87. ^ Ps 9:9; 46:1; 91:15; Is 33:2
  88. ^ Is 31:5; 46:4; 1Co 10:13
  89. ^ Ps 17:13; 40:17
  90. ^ 1Ch 5:20; Ps 22:4; Da 3:17; 6:23

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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