Psalm 37:1-20

New King James Version

³ Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
^4 (C)Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your ^(D)heart.

^5 (E)Commit^[a] your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
^6 (F)He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.

⁷ Rest in the Lord, ^(G)and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who ^(H)prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
^8 (I)Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
^(J)Do not fret—it only causes harm.

⁹ For evildoers shall be ^[b]cut off;
But those who wait on the Lord,
They shall ^(K)inherit the earth.
¹⁰ For ^(L)yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, ^(M)you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
^11 (N)But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹² The wicked plots against the just,
^(O)And gnashes at him with his teeth.
^13 (P)The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees that ^(Q)his day is coming.
¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.
¹⁵ Their sword shall enter their own heart,
And their bows shall be broken.

^16 (R)A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.
¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the Lord upholds the righteous.

¹⁸ The Lord knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.
¹⁹ They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
²⁰ But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of the Lord,
Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish.
Into smoke they shall vanish away.