Security of Those Who Trust in the Lord, and Insecurity of the Wicked.

A Psalm of David.

37 (A)Do not get upset because of evildoers,
Do not be (B)envious of wrongdoers.

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Psalm 37[a]

Of David.

Do not fret because of those who are evil
    or be envious(A) of those who do wrong;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

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Cease from anger and (A)abandon wrath;
Do not get upset; it leads only to evildoing.

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Refrain from anger(A) and turn from wrath;
    do not fret(B)—it leads only to evil.

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Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

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