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

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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

Jeremiah's Complaint

12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    when I complain to you;
    yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
    Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?

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(A)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    (B)fret not yourself over the one who (C)prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

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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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Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit (A)that he has made to dwell in us”?

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

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31 (A)Do not envy (B)a man of violence
    and do not choose any of his ways,

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