Psalms 37

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [Of David] Do not get heated about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.	1 A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.
2 Quick as the grass they wither, fading like the green of the fields.	2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.
3 Put your trust in Yahweh and do right, make your home in the land and live secure.	3 For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
4 Make Yahweh your joy and he will give you your heart's desires.	4 There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.
5 Commit your destiny to Yahweh, be confident in him, and he wil act,	5 For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.
6 making your uprightness clear as daylight, and the justice of your cause as the noon.	6 My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.
7 Stay quiet before Yahweh, wait longingly for him, do not get heated over someone who is making afortune, succeeding by devious means.	7 I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
8 Refrain from anger, leave rage aside, do not get heated -- it can do no good;	8 For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.
9 for evil-doers will be annihilated, while those who hope in Yahweh shal have the land for their own.	9 I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
10 A little while and the wicked wil be no more, however wel you search for the place, the wicked wilnot be there;	10 O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
11 but the poor wil have the land for their own, to enjoy untroubled peace.	11 My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.
12 The wicked plots against the upright and gnashes his teeth at him,	12 My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.
13 but Yahweh only laughs at his efforts, knowing that his end is in sight.	13 And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
14 Though the wicked draw his sword and bend his bow to slaughter the honest and bring down thepoor and the needy,	14 But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.
15 his sword will pierce his own heart, and his bow wil be shattered.	15 And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
16 What little the upright possesses outweighs al the wealth of the wicked;	16 For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.
17 for the weapons of the wicked shal be shattered, while Yahweh supports the upright.	17 For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.”
18 The lives of the just are in Yahweh's care, their birthright wil endure for ever;	18 For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
19 they wil not be put to shame when bad times come, in time of famine they wil have plenty.	19 For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
20 The wicked, enemies of Yahweh, wil be destroyed, they wil vanish like the green of the pasture, theywil vanish in smoke.	20 But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.
21 The wicked borrows and wil not repay, but the upright is generous in giving;	21 Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
22 those he blesses will have the land for their own, and those he curses be annihilated.	22 Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
23 Yahweh guides a strong man's steps and keeps them firm; and takes pleasure in him.	23 Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.
24 When he trips he is not thrown sprawling, since Yahweh supports him by the hand.
25 Now I am old, but ever since my youth I never saw an upright person abandoned, or the descendantsof the upright forced to beg their bread.
26 The upright is always compassionate, always lending, so his descendants reap a blessing.
27 Turn your back on evil and do good, you wil have a home for ever,
28 for Yahweh loves justice and wil not forsake his faithful. Evil-doers wil perish eternally, thedescendants of the wicked be annihilated,
29 but the upright shal have the land for their own, there they shal live for ever.
30 Wisdom comes from the lips of the upright, and his tongue speaks what is right;
31 the law of his God is in his heart, his foot wil never slip.
32 The wicked keeps a close eye on the upright, looking out for a chance to kill him;
33 Yahweh will never abandon him to the clutches of the wicked, nor let him be condemned if he is tried.
34 Put your hope in Yahweh, keep to his path, he wil raise you up to make the land your own; you willook on while the wicked are annihilated.
35 I have seen the wicked exultant, towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
36 When next I passed he was gone, I searched for him and he was nowhere to be found.
37 Observe the innocent, consider the honest, for the lover of peace wil not lack children.
38 But the wicked wil al be destroyed together, and their children annihilated.
39 The upright have Yahweh for their Saviour, their refuge in times of trouble;
40 Yahweh helps them and rescues them, he wil rescue them from the wicked, and save them becausethey take refuge in him.