Psalms 37:3-20

3Trust in Adonai and do good. Dwell in the land, feed on faithfulness.

4Delight yourself in Adonai, and He will give you the requests of your heart.

5Commit your way to Adonai. Trust in Him, and He will do it.

6He will bring out your vindication as light, and your cause will shine as noonday.

7Be still before Adonai and wait patiently for Him. Do not fret over one prospering in his way, over one carrying out wicked schemes.

8Put away anger and turn from wrath. Do not fret—it only leads to doing evil.

9For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Adonai— they will inherit the land.

10Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, you will look at his place, but he will not be there.

11But the meek will inherit the land, and delight in abundant shalom.

12The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes at him with his teeth.

13The Lord laughs at him— for He sees his day is coming.

14The wicked have unsheathed their sword and have bent their bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose conduct is upright.

15Their sword will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

16Better a little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.

17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, while Adonai upholds the righteous.

18Adonai knows the days of the blameless— their inheritance endures forever.

19They will not be ashamed in an evil time and in days of famine they will be satisfied.

20For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of Adonai will be like the beauty of the fields— they will vanish—vanish like smoke.