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Delight Yourself in Yahweh

^1 (C1)Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not ^(C2)envious toward doers of unrighteousness.

² For they will ^(C1)wither quickly like the grass
And ^(C2)fade like the green herb.

^3 (C1)Trust in Yahweh and do good;
^(C2)Dwell in the land and ^(F1)(C3)cultivate faithfulness.

^4 (C1)Delight yourself in Yahweh;
And He will ^(C2)give you the desires of your heart.

^5 (C1)Commit your way to Yahweh,
Trust in Him, and He will do it.

⁶ He will bring forth ^(C1)your righteousness as the light
And your judgment ^(C2)as the noonday.

⁷ Be still in Yahweh and ^(C1)wait ^(F1)patiently for Him;
^(C2)Do not fret because of him who ^(C3)prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.

⁸ Cease from anger and ^(C1)forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

⁹ For ^(C1)evildoers will be cut off,
But those who hope for Yahweh, they will ^(C2)inherit the land.

¹⁰ Yet ^(C1)a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
You will look carefully at ^(C2)his place, and he will not be there.

¹¹ But ^(C1)the lowly will inherit the land
And will delight themselves in ^(C2)abundant peace.

¹² The wicked ^(C1)schemes against the righteous
And ^(C2)gnashes at him with his teeth.

¹³ The Lord ^(C1)laughs at him,
For He sees that ^(C2)his day is coming.

¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword and ^(C1)bent their bow
To cast down the ^(C2)afflicted and the needy,
To ^(C3)slay those who are upright in conduct.

¹⁵ Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their ^(C1)bows will be broken.

^16 (C1)Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.

¹⁷ For the ^(C1)arms of the wicked will be broken,
But Yahweh ^(C2)sustains the righteous.

¹⁸ Yahweh ^(C1)knows the days of the ^(F1)blameless,
And their ^(C2)inheritance will be forever.

¹⁹ They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And ^(C1)in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

²⁰ But the ^(C1)wicked will perish;
And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the ^(F1)glory of the pastures,
They vanish—^(C2)in smoke they vanish away.

²¹ The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous ^(C1)is gracious and gives.

²² For ^(C1)those blessed by Him will ^(C2)inherit the land,
But those ^(C3)cursed by Him will be cut off.

^23 (C1)The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh,
And He ^(C2)delights in his way.

²⁴ When ^(C1)he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because ^(C2)Yahweh is the One ^(F1)who sustains his hand.

²⁵ I was young and now I am old,
Yet ^(C1)I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or ^(C2)his seed begging bread.

²⁶ All day long ^(C1)he is gracious and lends,
And ^(C2)his seed is a blessing.

^27 (C1)Depart from evil and do good,
So you will dwell ^(C2)forever.

²⁸ For Yahweh ^(C1)loves ^(F1)justice
And ^(C2)will not forsake His holy ones;
They are ^(C3)kept forever,
But the ^(C4)seed of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹ The righteous will ^(C1)inherit the land
And ^(C2)dwell in it forever.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous ^(C1)utters wisdom,
And his tongue ^(C2)speaks justice.

³¹ The ^(C1)law of his God is in his heart;
His ^(C2)steps do not slip.

³² The ^(C1)wicked spies upon the righteous
And ^(C2)seeks to put him to death.

³³ Yahweh will ^(C1)not forsake him in his hand;
^(C2)He will not condemn him when he is judged.

^34 (C1)Hope for Yahweh and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the ^(C2)wicked are cut off, you will see it.

³⁵ I have ^(C1)seen a wicked, ruthless man
Spreading himself like a ^(C2)luxuriant ^(F1)tree in its native soil.

³⁶ Then ^(F1)he passed away, and behold, he ^(C1)was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.

³⁷ Observe the ^(F1)(C1)blameless man, and behold the ^(C2)upright;
For the man of peace will have ^(F2)a ^(C3)posterity.

³⁸ But transgressors will be altogether ^(C1)destroyed;
The ^(F1)posterity of the wicked will be ^(C2)cut off.

³⁹ But the ^(C1)salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;
He is their strength ^(C2)in time of distress.

^40 (C1)Yahweh helps them and protects them;
He ^(C2)protects them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they ^(C3)take refuge in Him.