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Psalms 37

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1By David. Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. ✦ 2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb. ✦ 3Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. ✦ 4Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart. ✦ 5Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: ✦ 6he will make your righteousness go out as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun. ✦ 7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen. ✦ 8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing. ✦ 9For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land. ✦ 10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn’t there. ✦ 11But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. ✦ 12The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. ✦ 13The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming. ✦ 14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path. ✦ 15Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken. ✦ 16Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked. ✦ 17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous. ✦ 18Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever. ✦ 19They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied. ✦ 20But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish — vanish like smoke. ✦ 21The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously. ✦ 22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off. ✦ 23A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. ✦ 24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand. ✦ 25I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread. ✦ 26All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed. ✦ 27Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever. ✦ 28For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. ✦ 29The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever. ✦ 30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice. ✦ 31The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide. ✦ 32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. ✦ 33Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. ✦ 34Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. ✦ 35I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. ✦ 36But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found. ✦ 37Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. ✦ 38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off. ✦ 39But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. ✦ 40Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 37 ·28Ps 73 ·9Ps 119 ·7Prov 16 ·7Ps 112 ·6Ps 31 ·6Isa 58 ·51 Pet 1 ·5

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 37 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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