19 (A)Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
    and be not (B)envious of the wicked,

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24 Be not (A)envious of evil men,
    nor desire to be (B)with them,

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17 Let not your heart (A)envy sinners,
    but continue in (B)the fear of the Lord all the day.

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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

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115 (A)Depart from me, you evildoers,
    that I may (B)keep the commandments of my God.

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He Will Not Forsake His Saints

[a] Of David.

37 (A)Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
    be not (B)envious of wrongdoers!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet

(A)For I was (B)envious of the arrogant
    when I saw the (C)prosperity of the wicked.

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Book One

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

Blessed is the man[a]
    who (A)walks not in (B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in (C)the way of sinners,
    nor (D)sits in (E)the seat of (F)scoffers;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface

I do not (A)sit with men of (B)falsehood,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites.
I (C)hate the assembly of evildoers,
    and I will not sit with the wicked.

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For people will be (A)lovers of self, (B)lovers of money, (C)proud, (D)arrogant, abusive, (E)disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, (F)heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, (G)not loving good, treacherous, reckless, (H)swollen with conceit, (I)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but (J)denying its power. (K)Avoid such people.

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11 (A)Take no part in the (B)unfruitful (C)works of darkness, but instead (D)expose them.

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26 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, (A)“Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.”

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Then I heard another voice from heaven saying,

(A)“Come out of her, my people,
    lest you take part in her sins,
lest you share in her plagues;

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17 Therefore (A)go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,

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