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¹ BY DAVID. [ALEPH-BET] Do not fret because of evildoers, || Do not be envious against doers of iniquity,² For they are cut off speedily as grass, || And fade as the greenness of the tender grass.³ Trust in YHWH, and do good, || Dwell [in] the land, and enjoy faithfulness,⁴ And delight yourself on YHWH, || And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.⁵ Roll your way on YHWH, || And trust on Him, and He works,⁶ And has brought out your righteousness as light, || And your judgment as noon-day.

⁷ Be silent for YHWH, and stay yourself for Him, || Do not fret because of him || Who is making his way prosperous, || Because of a man doing wicked schemes.⁸ Desist from anger, and forsake fury, || Do not fret yourself to only do evil.⁹ For evildoers are cut off, || As for those waiting on YHWH, they possess the land.¹⁰ And yet a little [while], and the wicked is not, || And you have considered his place, and it is not.¹¹ And the humble possess the land, || And they have delighted themselves || In the abundance of peace.¹² The wicked is devising against the righteous, || And gnashing his teeth against him.¹³ The Lord laughs at him, || For He has seen that his day comes.¹⁴ The wicked have opened a sword, || And they have bent their bow, || To cause the poor and needy to fall, || To slaughter the upright of the way.¹⁵ Their sword enters into their own heart, || And their bows are shattered.¹⁶ Better [is] the little of the righteous, || Than the store of many wicked.¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked are shattered, || And YHWH is sustaining the righteous.¹⁸ YHWH knows the days of the perfect, || And their inheritance is for all time.¹⁹ They are not ashamed in a time of evil, || And they are satisfied in days of famine.²⁰ But the wicked perish, and the enemies of YHWH, || Have been consumed as the preciousness of lambs, || They have been consumed in smoke.

²¹ The wicked is borrowing and does not repay, || And the righteous is gracious and giving.²² For His blessed ones possess the land, || And His reviled ones are cut off.²³ The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, || They have been prepared, || And He desires his way.²⁴ When he falls, he is not cast down, || For YHWH is sustaining his hand.²⁵ I have been young, || I have also become old, || And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, || And his seed seeking bread.²⁶ All the day he is gracious and lending, || And his seed [is] for a blessing.²⁷ Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell for all time.²⁸ For YHWH is loving judgment, || And He does not forsake His saintly ones, || They have been kept for all time, || And the seed of the wicked is cut off.²⁹ The righteous possess the land, || And they dwell on it forever.³⁰ The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, || And his tongue speaks judgment.³¹ The law of his God [is] his heart, || His steps do not slide.³² The wicked is watching for the righteous, || And is seeking to put him to death.³³ YHWH does not leave him in his hand, || Nor condemn him in his being judged.

³⁴ Look to YHWH, and keep His way, || And He exalts you to possess the land, || In the wicked being cut off—you see!³⁵ I have seen the wicked terrible, || And spreading as a green native plant,³⁶ And he passes away, and behold, he is not, || And I seek him, and he is not found!³⁷ Observe the perfect, and see the upright, || For the latter end of each [is] peace.³⁸ And transgressors were destroyed together, || The latter end of the wicked was cut off.³⁹ And the salvation of the righteous [is] from YHWH, || Their strong place in a time of adversity.⁴⁰ And YHWH helps them and delivers them, || He delivers them from the wicked, || And saves them, || Because they trusted in Him!