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title: Psalm 37
slug: kjv/psalm-37
createdAt: 2024-08-21T02:54:26.115Z
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**1 **\{*A Psalm* of David.}

א

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

**2 **For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

ב

**3 **Trust in the LORD, and do good; *so* shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

**4 **Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

ג

**5 **Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring *it* to pass.

**6 **And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

ד

**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.

ה

**8 **Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

**9 **For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

ו

**10 **For yet a little while, and the wicked *shall* not *be*: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it *shall* not *be*.

**11 **But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

ז

**12 **The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

**13 **The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

ח

**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.

**15 **Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

ט

**16 **A little that a righteous man hath *is* better than the riches of many wicked.

**17 **For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

י

**18 **The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

**19** They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

כ

**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.

ל

**21 **The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

**22 **For *such as be* blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and *they that be* cursed of him shall be cut off.

מ

**23 **The steps of a *good* man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

**24 **Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth *him with* his hand.

נ

**25 **I have been young, and *now* am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

**26 ***He is* ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed *is* blessed.

ס

**27 **Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

**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.

**29 **The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

פ

**30 **The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

**31 **The law of his God *is* in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

צ

**32 **The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

**33 **The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

ק

**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*.

ר

**35 **I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

**36 **Yet he passed away, and, lo, he *was* not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

ש

**37 **Mark the perfect *man*, and behold the upright: for the end of *that* man *is* peace.

**38 **But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

ת

**39 **But the salvation of the righteous *is* of the LORD: *he is* their strength in the time of trouble.

**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.