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¹ A Psalm of David. Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers!² For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.³ Trust in the LORD, and do good; so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security.⁴ Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.⁵ Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.⁶ He will bring forth your vindication as the light, and your right as the noonday.

⁷ Be still before the LORD, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!⁸ Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.⁹ For the wicked shall be cut off; but those who wait for the LORD shall possess the land.¹⁰ Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look well at his place, he will not be there.¹¹ But the meek shall possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.¹² The wicked plots against the righteous, and gnashes his teeth at him;¹³ but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.¹⁴ The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows, to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly;¹⁵ their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.¹⁶ Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the LORD upholds the righteous.¹⁸ The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will abide for ever;¹⁹ they are not put to shame in evil times, in the days of famine they have abundance.²⁰ But the wicked perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures, they vanish--like smoke they vanish away.

²¹ The wicked borrows, and cannot pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;²² for those blessed by the LORD shall possess the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.²³ The steps of a man are from the LORD, and he establishes him in whose way he delights;²⁴ though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD is the stay of his hand.²⁵ I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging bread.²⁶ He is ever giving liberally and lending, and his children become a blessing.²⁷ Depart from evil, and do good; so shall you abide for ever.²⁸ For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. The righteous shall be preserved for ever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.²⁹ The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell upon it for ever.³⁰ The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.³¹ The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.³² The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.³³ The LORD will not abandon him to his power, or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.

³⁴ Wait for the LORD, and keep to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land; you will look on the destruction of the wicked.³⁵ I have seen a wicked man overbearing, and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.³⁶ Again I passed by, and, lo, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.³⁷ Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the man of peace.³⁸ But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.³⁹ The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.⁴⁰ The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked, and saves them, because they take refuge in him.