Psalm 37:5-24

English Standard Version

⁵^(A)Commit your way to the Lord;
^(B)trust in him, and he will act.
⁶^(C)He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as ^(D)the noonday.

⁷^(E)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
^(F)fret not yourself over the one who ^(G)prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices!

⁸^(H)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
^(I)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
⁹^(J)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall ^(K)inherit the land.

¹⁰In ^(L)just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
though you look carefully at ^(M)his place, he will not be there.
¹¹But ^(N)the meek shall inherit the land
and delight themselves in ^(O)abundant peace.

¹²The wicked ^(P)plots against the righteous
and ^(Q)gnashes his teeth at him,
¹³but the Lord ^(R)laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his ^(S)day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked draw the sword and ^(T)bend their bows
    to bring down the poor and needy,
    to slay those whose ^(U)way is upright;
¹⁵their sword shall enter their own heart,
    and their ^(V)bows shall be broken.

¹⁶^(W)Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.
¹⁷For ^(X)the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord ^(Y)upholds the righteous.

¹⁸The Lord ^(Z)knows the days of the blameless,
and their ^(AA)heritage will remain forever;
¹⁹they are not put to shame in evil times;
in ^(AB)the days of famine they have abundance.

²⁰But the wicked will perish;
the enemies of the Lord are like ^(AC)the glory of the pastures;
they vanish—like ^(AD)smoke they vanish away.

²¹The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
but the righteous ^(AE)is generous and gives;
²²for those blessed by the Lord^[a] shall ^(AF)inherit the land,
but those cursed by him ^(AG)shall be cut off.

²³The ^(AH)steps of a man are ^(AI)established by the Lord,
when he delights in his way;
²⁴^(AJ)though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
for the Lord ^(AK)upholds his hand.