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·Wait [L Be quiet before] and ·trust [L wait for] the Lord.
    Don’t be ·upset [worried; angry] ·when others get rich [L with the prosperity/success of their way]
    or when ·someone else’s plans succeed [or they do evil deeds].
·Don’t get angry [L Hold back from anger; Abandon wrath].
    Don’t be ·upset [worried; angry]; it only leads to ·trouble [or evil].
Evil people will be ·sent away [L cut off],
    but those who ·trust [wait/pin their hope on] the Lord will inherit the land.

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Be still(A) before the Lord
    and wait patiently(B) for him;
do not fret(C) when people succeed in their ways,(D)
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.(E)

Refrain from anger(F) and turn from wrath;
    do not fret(G)—it leads only to evil.
For those who are evil will be destroyed,(H)
    but those who hope(I) in the Lord will inherit the land.(J)

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