Book of Psalms, No. 37
Psalms 37 NWT - New World TranslationNo. 37 of the Psalms—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ Do not show yourself heated up because of the evildoers.1
Do not be envious of those doing unrighteousness.2 - ¶ For like grass they will speedily wither,3
And like green new grass they will fade away.4 - ¶ Trust in Jehovah and do good;5
Reside in the earth, and deal with faithfulness.6 - ¶ Also take exquisite delight in Jehovah,7
And he will give you the requests of your heart.8 - ¶ Roll upon Jehovah your way,9
And rely upon him,10 and he himself will act.11 - ¶ And he will certainly bring forth your righteousness as the light itself,12
And your justice as the midday.13 - ¶ 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 - ¶ Let anger alone and leave rage;18
Do not show yourself heated up only to do evil.19 - ¶ For evildoers themselves will be cut off,20
But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth.21 - ¶ 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 - ¶ But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,24
And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.25 - ¶ The wicked one is plotting against the righteous one,26
And at him he is grinding his teeth.27 - ¶ Jehovah[a] himself will laugh at him,28
For he certainly sees that his day will come.29 - ¶ 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 - ¶ Their own sword will enter into their heart,33
And their own bows will be broken.34 - ¶ Better is the little of the righteous one35
Than the abundance of the many wicked ones.36 - ¶ For the very arms of the wicked ones will be broken,37
But Jehovah will be supporting the righteous ones.38 - ¶ Jehovah is aware of the days of the faultless ones,39
And their very inheritance will continue even to time indefinite.40 - ¶ They will not be ashamed in the time of calamity,41
And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.42 - ¶ 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 - ¶ The wicked one is borrowing and does not pay back,46
But the righteous one is showing favor and is making gifts.47 - ¶ 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 - ¶ By Jehovah the very steps of an able-bodied man have been made ready,50
And in his way He takes delight.51 - ¶ Although he may fall, he will not be hurled down,52
For Jehovah is supporting his hand.53 - ¶ 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 - ¶ All day long he is showing favor and lending,57
And so his offspring are in line for a blessing.58 - ¶ Turn away from what is bad and do what is good,59
And so reside to time indefinite.60 - ¶ 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 - ¶ The righteous themselves will possess the earth,65
And they will reside forever upon it.66 - ¶ The mouth of the righteous is the one that utters wisdom in an undertone,67
And his is the tongue that speaks justly.68 - ¶ The law of his God is in his heart;69
His steps will not wobble.70 - ¶ The wicked one is keeping on the watch for the righteous71
And is seeking to put him to death.72 - ¶ 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 - ¶ 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 - ¶ I have seen the wicked a tyrant78
And spreading himself[d] as a luxuriant [tree] in native soil.79 - ¶ 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 - ¶ Watch the blameless one and keep the upright one in sight,82
For the future of [that] man will be peaceful.83 - ¶ But the transgressors themselves will certainly be annihilated together;84
The future of wicked people will indeed be cut off.85 - ¶ And[f] the salvation of the righteous ones is from Jehovah;86
He is their fortress in the time of distress.87 - ¶ 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
- ^ One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
- ^ Or, “seed.”
- ^ By dropping the preposition “to” (ל), this line begins with the acrostic Heb. letter ʽAʹyin.
- ^ Lit., “pouring himself out.”
- ^ According to M; LXXSyVg, “I passed by.”
- ^ By dropping the conjunction “and” (ו), this line begins with an acrostic Taw, the last letter of the Heb. alphabet.
REFERENCES
- ^ Ps 37:7; Pr 24:19
- ^ Ps 73:3; Pr 3:31; 23:17
- ^ Ps 73:19; 90:6; 129:6
- ^ Jm 1:10; 1Pe 1:24
- ^ Ps 4:5; Is 1:17; 50:10; Heb 13:16
- ^ Pr 28:20
- ^ Is 58:14
- ^ Ps 21:2
- ^ Ps 55:22; Pr 16:3
- ^ Mt 6:33; Pp 4:6; 1Pe 5:7
- ^ Ec 9:1; La 3:37; Jm 4:15
- ^ Mc 7:9
- ^ Ml 3:18; Mt 7:2
- ^ Ps 62:1; La 3:26
- ^ Ps 27:14
- ^ Jb 21:7; Ps 73:3; Je 12:1
- ^ Pr 19:21; Is 10:13
- ^ Pr 14:29; 16:32; Eph 4:26
- ^ Lu 9:54
- ^ Jb 27:14; Ps 55:23; 2Pe 2:9
- ^ Ps 25:13; 37:29; Is 57:13; 58:14; Mt 5:5
- ^ Jb 24:24; Heb 10:37; 1Pe 4:7
- ^ 1Sa 25:39; Jb 7:10; Ps 52:5
- ^ Is 45:18; Mt 5:5; Re 21:3
- ^ Ps 72:7; 119:165; Is 26:3; 48:18; Pp 4:7
- ^ 1Sa 18:21; Mt 26:4
- ^ Ps 35:16
- ^ Ps 2:4
- ^ 1Sa 26:10; Je 50:27; Eze 21:25
- ^ Ps 64:3
- ^ Hab 1:13
- ^ Ac 7:52; 12:2; 1Jo 3:12
- ^ 2Sa 17:23; Es 7:10; Ps 7:15; 35:8
- ^ Ps 46:9; 76:3
- ^ Pr 16:8; 30:9; 1Ti 6:6
- ^ Pr 15:16; Ec 2:26
- ^ Jb 38:15; Ps 10:15
- ^ Ps 41:12; Jd 24
- ^ Ps 1:6; 2Ti 2:19
- ^ Ps 16:11; 1Jo 2:25
- ^ Ec 9:12; Am 5:13
- ^ Ps 33:19
- ^ Ps 92:9; Pr 10:7; 2Pe 2:12
- ^ Ge 19:29
- ^ Ps 102:3
- ^ De 28:12; Pr 22:7
- ^ De 15:11; Jb 31:16; Ps 112:9; Pr 14:21; 19:17; Ec 11:2; 2Ti 1:16
- ^ Ps 37:9
- ^ Ps 119:21; Zc 5:4
- ^ 1Sa 2:9; Pr 16:9
- ^ Pr 11:20; Je 9:24
- ^ Ps 34:19; 145:14; Pr 24:16
- ^ Ps 91:12
- ^ Jb 32:6; Ps 71:18
- ^ Jos 1:5; Ps 94:14; Mt 6:33; Heb 13:5
- ^ De 24:19; Ps 25:13; 112:2; 145:15; Pr 10:3; 13:22
- ^ De 15:8; Ps 112:5
- ^ Pr 20:7
- ^ Ps 34:14; Is 1:17; 1Pe 3:11
- ^ Pr 16:17
- ^ Jb 37:23; Ps 11:7; 33:5; Je 9:24
- ^ 1Sa 2:9; 2Sa 22:26; Pr 2:8
- ^ Ps 97:10
- ^ Jb 27:14; Ps 21:10; Pr 2:22
- ^ De 30:20; Ps 37:9; Pr 2:21; Mt 5:5
- ^ Is 66:22; Mt 25:46; Re 21:3
- ^ Jos 1:8; Ps 1:2
- ^ Mt 12:35; Eph 4:29; Col 4:6
- ^ De 6:6; Ps 40:8; Heb 8:10
- ^ Ps 121:3
- ^ Je 20:10; Lu 6:7
- ^ Ps 10:8; Lu 19:47; Ac 9:24
- ^ Ps 31:8; 2Ti 4:17; 2Pe 2:9
- ^ Ps 109:31
- ^ Ps 27:14; Pr 4:26; 20:22
- ^ Ps 37:22
- ^ Ps 52:6; 91:8
- ^ Es 5:11
- ^ Jb 21:7
- ^ Ex 15:10; Ac 12:23
- ^ Ps 37:10
- ^ Jb 1:1
- ^ Jb 42:12, 16; Pr 28:10; Is 32:18
- ^ Ps 1:4; 9:17; 52:5; Pr 10:7
- ^ 2Pe 2:9
- ^ Ps 3:8; Is 12:2; Jon 2:9
- ^ Ps 9:9; 46:1; 91:15; Is 33:2
- ^ Is 31:5; 46:4; 1Co 10:13
- ^ Ps 17:13; 40:17
- ^ 1Ch 5:20; Ps 22:4; Da 3:17; 6:23
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