Psalm 37

¹Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

²For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

³Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

⁴So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

⁵Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.

⁶And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

⁷Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

⁸Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

⁹For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

¹⁰For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

¹¹But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

¹²The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

¹³He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.