| 1 | A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity. |
| 2 | For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall. |
| 3 | Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches. |
| 4 | Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart. |
| 5 | Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it. |
| 6 | And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. |
| 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 | Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil. |
| 9 | For the evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land. |
| 10 | For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it. |
| 11 | But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace. |
| 12 | The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth. |
| 13 | But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come. |
| 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 | Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken. |
| 16 | Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked. |
| 17 | For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just. |
| 18 | The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever. |
| 19 | They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled: |
| 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 | The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give. |
| 22 | For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish. |
| 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. |
