By David.

• ¹Don’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 forth 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 in the way.

• 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 seed 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.