Psalm 35:22-37:26

English Standard Version

^22 (A)You have seen, O Lord; ^(B)be not silent!
    O Lord, ^(C)be not far from me!
²³ Awake and ^(D)rouse yourself for ^(E)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
^24 (F)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and ^(G)let them not rejoice over me!
²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(H)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(I)“We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶ Let them be ^(J)put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be ^(K)clothed with shame and dishonor
    who ^(L)magnify themselves against me!

²⁷ Let those who delight in my righteousness
    shout for joy and be glad
    ^(M)and say evermore,
^(N)“Great is the Lord,
    who ^(O)delights in the welfare of his servant!”
²⁸ Then my ^(P)tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all the day long.

⁵ Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
^6 (Z)Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
    ^(AA)your judgments are like the great deep;
    man and beast you ^(AB)save, O Lord.

^7 (AC)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge ^(AD)in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ They feast on ^(AE)the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from ^(AF)the river of ^(AG)your delights.
⁹ For with you is ^(AH)the fountain of life;
    ^(AI)in your light do we see light.

¹⁰ Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who ^(AJ)know you,
    and your righteousness to ^(AK)the upright of heart!
¹¹ Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
    nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹² There ^(AL)the evildoers lie fallen;
    they are thrust down, ^(AM)unable to rise.

^3 (AS)Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    ^(AT)dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.^[c]
4 (AU)Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will ^(AV)give you the desires of your heart.

^5 (AW)Commit your way to the Lord;
    ^(AX)trust in him, and he will act.
^6 (AY)He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your justice as ^(AZ)the noonday.

^7 (BA)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    ^(BB)fret not yourself over the one who ^(BC)prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

^8 (BD)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    ^(BE)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
^9 (BF)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
    but those who wait for the Lord shall ^(BG)inherit the land.

¹⁰ In ^(BH)just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
    though you look carefully at ^(BI)his place, he will not be there.
¹¹ But ^(BJ)the meek shall inherit the land
    and delight themselves in ^(BK)abundant peace.

¹² The wicked ^(BL)plots against the righteous
    and ^(BM)gnashes his teeth at him,
¹³ but the Lord ^(BN)laughs at the wicked,
    for he sees that his ^(BO)day is coming.

¹⁴ The wicked draw the sword and ^(BP)bend their bows
    to bring down the poor and needy,
    to slay those whose ^(BQ)way is upright;
¹⁵ their sword shall enter their own heart,
    and their ^(BR)bows shall be broken.

^16 (BS)Better is the little that the righteous has
    than the abundance of many wicked.
¹⁷ For ^(BT)the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
    but the Lord ^(BU)upholds the righteous.

¹⁸ The Lord ^(BV)knows the days of the blameless,
    and their ^(BW)heritage will remain forever;
¹⁹ they are not put to shame in evil times;
    in ^(BX)the days of famine they have abundance.

²⁰ But the wicked will perish;
    the enemies of the Lord are like ^(BY)the glory of the pastures;
    they vanish—like ^(BZ)smoke they vanish away.

²¹ The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
    but the righteous ^(CA)is generous and gives;
²² for those blessed by the Lord^[d] shall ^(CB)inherit the land,
    but those cursed by him ^(CC)shall be cut off.

²³ The ^(CD)steps of a man are ^(CE)established by the Lord,
    when he delights in his way;
^24 (CF)though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
    for the Lord ^(CG)upholds his hand.

²⁵ I have been young, and now am old,
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
    or his children ^(CH)begging for bread.
²⁶ He is ever ^(CI)lending generously,
    and his children become a blessing.