[37:1] Don't fret because of evil-doers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. [37:2] For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb. [37:3] Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. [37:4] Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart. [37:5] Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: [37:6] he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun. [37:7] Rest 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. [37:8] Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing. [37:9] For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land. [37:10] For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there. [37:11] But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. [37:12] The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. [37:13] The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming. [37:14] The 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. [37:15] Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken. [37:16] Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked. [37:17] For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous. [37:18] Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever. [37:19] They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied. [37:20] But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish-- vanish like smoke. [37:21] The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously. [37:22] For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off. [37:23] A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. [37:24] Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand. [37:25] I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread. [37:26] All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed. [37:27] Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever. [37:28] For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. [37:29] The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever. [37:30] The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice. [37:31] The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide. [37:32] The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. [37:33] Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. [37:34] Wait 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. [37:35] I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. [37:36] But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found. [37:37] Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. [37:38] As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off. [37:39] But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. [37:40] Yahweh helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
Psalm 38
A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
[38:1] Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. [38:2] For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. [38:3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. [38:4] For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. [38:5] My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. [38:6] I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long. [38:7] For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. [38:8] I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. [38:9] Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. [38:10] My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me. [38:11] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away. [38:12] They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long. [38:13] But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth. [38:14] Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs. [38:15] For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God. [38:16] For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips." [38:17] For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me. [38:18] For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin. [38:19] But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous. [38:20] They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good. [38:21] Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me. [38:22] Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Psalm 39
For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.
[39:1] I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me." [39:2] I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred. [39:3] My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue: [39:4] "Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. [39:5] Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah. [39:6] "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather. [39:7] Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. [39:8] Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don't make me the reproach of the foolish. [39:9] I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, because you did it. [39:10] Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand. [39:11] When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah. [39:12] "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. [39:13] Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."
Psalm 40
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
[40:1] I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. [40:2] He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. [40:3] He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh. [40:4] Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. [40:5] Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. [40:6] Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering. [40:7] Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll. [40:8] I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart." [40:9] I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know. [40:10] I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly. [40:11] Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me. [40:12] For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me. [40:13] Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh. [40:14] Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt. [40:15] Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!" [40:16] Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let Yahweh be exalted!" [40:17] But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God.