⁷ Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him.
Do not fret about one who succeeds in his way,
about a man making plots.

¹³ The Lord laughs at him,
for he sees that his day is coming.
¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow
to throw down the poor and the needy,
to kill those upright in their way.
¹⁵ Their sword will enter into their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken.
¹⁶ The little belonging to the righteous is better
than the wealth of many wicked.
¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but Yahweh supports the righteous.
¹⁸ Yahweh knows the days of the blameless,
and their inheritance will be forever.
¹⁹ They will not be put to shame in distressing times,^[a]
and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
²⁰ But the wicked will perish,
and the enemies of Yahweh will be like the splendor of the pastures.
They vanish; in smoke they vanish.

²⁷ Turn aside from evil and do good
and so abide forever.
²⁸ For Yahweh loves justice
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
They are protected forever.
But the children of the wicked will be cut off.
²⁹ The righteous will possess the land
and abide in it forever.

³² The wicked watches for the righteous
and seeks to kill him.
³³ Yahweh will not abandon him into his hand,
and he will not let him be condemned when he is judged.
³⁴ Wait for Yahweh and keep his way,
and he will exalt you to possess the land.
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

³⁷ Observe the blameless and look at the upright,
for there is a future for a man of peace.
³⁸ But transgressors shall be destroyed altogether.
The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
³⁹ And^[a] the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh,
their refuge in the time of trouble.
⁴⁰ And Yahweh helps them and he rescues them.
He rescues them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.