Psalms 37

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath.	1 A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.	2 For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.
3 For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.	3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.
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.	4 Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
5 For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.	5 Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.
6 My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.	6 And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7 I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.	7 Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.
8 For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.	8 Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.
9 I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.	9 For the evildoers shall be cut off : but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land.
10 O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.	10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.
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.	11 But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.
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.	12 The sinner shall watch the just man : and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.
13 And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.	13 But the Lord shall laugh at him : for he foreseeth that his day shall come.
14 But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.	14 The wicked have drawn out the sword : they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.
15 And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.	15 Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
16 For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.	16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.
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.”	17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.
18 For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.	18 The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.	19 They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled :
20 But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.	20 because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.
21 Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.	21 The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.
22 Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.	22 For such as bless him shall inherit the land : but such as curse him shall perish.
23 Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.	23 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.
	24 When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.
	25 I have been young, and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
	26 He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.
	27 Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.
	28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints : they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
	29 But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.
	30 The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom : and his tongue shall speak judgment.
	31 The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.
	32 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,
	33 But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.
	34 Expect the Lord and keep his way : and he will exalt thee to inherit the land : when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.
	35 I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
	36 And I passed by, and lo, he was not : and I sought him and his place was not found.
	37 Keep innocence, and behold justice : for there are remnants for the peaceable man.
	38 But the unjust shall be destroyed together : the remnants of the wicked shall perish.
	39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.
	40 And the Lord will help them and deliver them : and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.