Psalm 37
Common English Bible
Psalm 37[a]
Of David.
37 Don’t get upset over evildoers;
don’t be jealous of those who do wrong,
2 because they will fade fast, like grass;
they will wither like green vegetables.
3 Trust the Lord and do good;
live in the land, and farm faithfulness.
4 Enjoy the Lord,
and he will give what your heart asks.
5 Commit your way to the Lord!
Trust him! He will act
6 and will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
your justice like high noon.
7 Be still before the Lord,
and wait[b] for him.
Don’t get upset when someone gets ahead—
someone who invents evil schemes.
8 Let go of anger and leave rage behind!
Don’t get upset—it will only lead to evil.
9 Because evildoers will be eliminated,
but those who hope in the Lord—
they will possess the land.
10 In just a little while the wicked won’t exist!
If you go looking around their place,
they won’t be there.
11 But the weak will inherit the land;
they will enjoy a surplus of peace.
12 The wicked plot against the righteous,
grinding their teeth at them.
13 But my Lord just laughs at them
because he knows that their day is coming.
14 The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows
to bring down the weak and the needy,
to slaughter those whose way is right.
15 But the sword of the wicked will enter their own hearts!
Their bows will be broken!
16 Better is the little that the righteous have
than the overabundant wealth of the wicked.[c]
17 The arms of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord supports the righteous.
18 The Lord is intimately acquainted
with the lives of the blameless;
their heritage will last forever.
19 They won’t be ashamed in troubling times,
and in a period of famine they will eat their fill.
20 But the wicked will die,
the Lord’s enemies will disappear—
disappear like the beauty of a meadow—in smoke.
21 The wicked borrow and don’t pay it back, but the righteous are generous and giving.
22 Those blessed by God will possess the land,
but those cursed by God will be cut off.
23 A person’s steps are made secure by the Lord
when they delight in his way.
24 Though they trip up, they won’t be thrown down,
because the Lord holds their hand.
25 I was young and now I’m old,
but I have never seen the righteous left all alone,
have never seen their children begging for bread.
26 They are always gracious and generous.
Their children are a blessing.
27 Turn away from evil! Do good!
Then you will live in the land forever.
28 The Lord loves justice.
He will never leave his faithful all alone.
They are guarded forever,
but the children of the wicked are eliminated.
29 The righteous will possess the land;
they will live on it forever.
30 The mouths of the righteous recite wisdom;
their tongues discuss justice.
31 The Instruction of their God is in their hearts;
they don’t miss a step.
32 The wicked, on the other hand, target the righteous,
seeking to kill them.
33 But the Lord won’t leave the righteous
to the power of the wicked,
and won’t let the righteous
be found guilty when they are judged.
34 Hope in the Lord and keep his way!
He will lift you up so you can possess the land.
When the wicked are eliminated,
you will see it for yourself!
35 I myself have seen wicked powerful people,
exalting themselves like a stately cedar.[d]
36 But when I[e] came back, they were gone!
I looked all over for them,
but they couldn’t be found!
37 Observe those who have integrity
and watch those whose heart is right
because the future belongs to persons of peace.
38 But wrongdoers will be destroyed all together;
the future of the wicked will be cut short.
39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord;
he is their refuge in times of trouble.
40 The Lord will help them and rescue them—
rescue them from the wicked—and he will save them
because they have taken refuge in him.
Footnotes
- Psalm 37:1 Ps 37 is an alphabetic acrostic poem; see the note at Pss 9–10.
- Psalm 37:7 Correction with LXX, Vulg
- Psalm 37:16 LXX, Vulg, Syr; MT abundant wealth of many wicked
- Psalm 37:35 LXX
- Psalm 37:36 LXX, Syr, Vulg
诗篇 37
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
倚靠 神的不要心懷不平
大衛的詩。
37 不要因作惡的人心懷不平，
不要因犯罪的人產生嫉妒。（本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題）
2 因為他們好像草快要枯乾，
像即將凋萎的青草。
3 你要倚靠耶和華，並要行善；
你要住在地上，以信實為糧食。
4 你要以耶和華為樂，
他就把你心裡所求的賜給你。
5 你要把你的道路交託耶和華，
並倚靠他，他就必成全。
6 他必使你的公義好像光發出，
使你的公正如日中天。
7 你要在耶和華面前靜默無聲，
耐心地等候他；
不要因那凡事順利的，
和那惡謀得逞的，心懷不平。
8 你要抑制怒氣，消除烈怒；
不要心懷不平，那只會導致你作惡。
9 因為作惡的必被剪除，
但等候耶和華的必承受地土。
10 再過不久，惡人就不存在了；
你到他的地方尋找，也找不到。
11 但謙卑的人必承受地土，
可以享受豐盛的平安。
12 惡人謀害義人，
向他咬牙切齒；
13 但主必笑他，
因為知道他遭報的日子快要來到。
14 惡人已經拔出刀來，拉開了弓，
要打倒困苦和貧窮的人，
殺害行為正直的人。
15 他們的刀必刺入自己的心，
他們的弓必被折斷。
16 一個義人擁有的雖少，
勝過許多惡人的財富。
17 因為惡人的膀臂必被折斷，
耶和華卻扶持義人。
18 耶和華眷顧完全人在世的日子，
他們的產業必存到永遠。
19 在患難的時候，他們必不蒙羞；
在饑荒的日子，他們必得飽足。
20 惡人卻必滅亡；
耶和華的仇敵好像草場的華美，
他們必要消失，像煙一般消失。
21 惡人借貸總不償還，
義人卻慷慨施捨。
22 蒙耶和華賜福的，必承受地土；
受他咒詛的，必被剪除。
23 人的腳步是耶和華立定的，
他的道路也是耶和華喜悅的。
24 他雖然跌跤，卻不至仆倒；
因為耶和華用手扶持他。
25 我從前年幼，現在年老，
從未見過義人被棄，
也從未見過他的後裔討飯。
26 他常常慷慨借給人；
他的後裔必定蒙福。
27 應當離惡行善，
你就可以永遠安居。
28 因為耶和華喜愛公正，
也不撇棄他的聖民；
他們必永遠蒙庇佑，
惡人的後裔卻必被剪除。
29 義人必承受地土，
永遠居住在自己的地上。
30 義人的口說出智慧，
他的舌頭講論正義。
31 神的律法在他心裡，
他的腳步必不滑跌。
32 惡人窺伺義人，
想要殺死他。
33 耶和華必不把他撇棄在惡人的手中，
在審判的時候，也不定他的罪。
34 你要等候耶和華，謹守他的道；
他必高舉你，使你承受地土；
惡人被剪除的時候，你必看見。
35 我曾看見強暴的惡人興旺，
像樹木在本土茂盛。
36 但他很快就消逝，不再存在了；
我尋找他，卻找不到。
37 你要細察完全人，觀看正直人；
因為愛和平的必有後代。
38 犯罪的人必一同滅絕，
惡人的後代必被剪除。
39 義人的拯救是由耶和華而來；
在患難的時候，他作他們的避難所。
40 耶和華幫助他們，搭救他們；
他搭救他們脫離惡人，拯救他們，
因為他們投靠他。
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