Psalm 37:16-22

Good News Translation

¹⁶ The little that a good person owns
    is worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,
¹⁷ because the Lord will take away the strength of the wicked,
    but protect those who are good.

¹⁸ The Lord takes care of those who obey him,
    and the land will be theirs forever.
¹⁹ They will not suffer when times are bad;
    they will have enough in time of famine.
²⁰ But the wicked will die;
    the enemies of the Lord will vanish like wild flowers;
    they will disappear like smoke.

²¹ The wicked borrow and never pay back,
    but good people are generous with their gifts.
²² Those who are blessed by the Lord will possess the land,
    but those who are cursed by him will be driven out.