Psalms 37 : 1 (NLV)
Do not trouble yourself because of sinful men. Do not want to be like those who do wrong.
Psalms 37 : 2 (NLV)
For they will soon dry up like the grass. Like the green plant they will soon die.
Psalms 37 : 3 (NLV)
Trust in the Lord, and do good. So you will live in the land and will be fed.
Psalms 37 : 4 (NLV)
Be happy in the Lord. And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalms 37 : 5 (NLV)
Give your way over to the Lord. Trust in Him also. And He will do it.
Psalms 37 : 6 (NLV)
He will make your being right and good show as the light, and your wise actions as the noon day.
Psalms 37 : 7 (NLV)
Rest in the Lord and be willing to wait for Him. Do not trouble yourself when all goes well with the one who carries out his sinful plans.
Psalms 37 : 8 (NLV)
Stop being angry. Turn away from fighting. Do not trouble yourself. It leads only to wrong-doing.
Psalms 37 : 9 (NLV)
For those who do wrong will be cut off. But those who wait for the Lord will be given the earth.
Psalms 37 : 10 (NLV)
A little while, and the sinful man will be no more. You will look for his place, and he will not be there.
Psalms 37 : 11 (NLV)
But those who have no pride will be given the earth. And they will be happy and have much more than they need.
Psalms 37 : 12 (NLV)
The sinful man plans against him who is right with God. And he grinds his teeth at him.
Psalms 37 : 13 (NLV)
The Lord laughs at him because He sees his day is coming.
Psalms 37 : 14 (NLV)
The sinful have taken up their sword and their bow, to bring down the poor and those in need, and to kill those whose ways are right.
Psalms 37 : 15 (NLV)
Their sword will cut into their own heart, and their bows will be broken.
Psalms 37 : 16 (NLV)
The few things that the man right with God has is better than the riches of many sinful men.
Psalms 37 : 17 (NLV)
For the arms of the sinful will be broken. But the Lord holds up those who are right with Him.
Psalms 37 : 18 (NLV)
The Lord knows the days of those who are without blame. And what is theirs will last forever.
Psalms 37 : 19 (NLV)
They will not be ashamed in the time of trouble. And in days when there is no food they will have enough.
Psalms 37 : 20 (NLV)
But the sinful will be lost forever. Those who hate the Lord will be like the beauty of the fields. They will be gone. Like smoke they will be gone.
Psalms 37 : 21 (NLV)
The sinful ask for something, but do not return it. But those who are right with God are kind and give.
Psalms 37 : 22 (NLV)
For those who are made happy by Him will be given the land. But those who are being punished by Him will be cut off.
Psalms 37 : 23 (NLV)
The steps of a good man are led by the Lord. And He is happy in his way.
Psalms 37 : 24 (NLV)
When he falls, he will not be thrown down, because the Lord holds his hand.
Psalms 37 : 25 (NLV)
I have been young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the man who is right with God left alone, or his children begging for bread.
Psalms 37 : 26 (NLV)
All day long he is kind and lets others use what he has. And his children make him happy.
Psalms 37 : 27 (NLV)
Turn from sin, and do good, so you will live forever.
Psalms 37 : 28 (NLV)
For the Lord loves what is fair and right. He does not leave the people alone who belong to Him. They are kept forever. But the children of the sinful will be cut off.
Psalms 37 : 29 (NLV)
Those who are right with God will be given the land, and live on it forever.
Psalms 37 : 30 (NLV)
The mouth of the man who is right with God speaks wisdom. And his tongue speaks what is fair and right.
Psalms 37 : 31 (NLV)
The Law of his God is in his heart. His steps do not leave it.
Psalms 37 : 32 (NLV)
The sinful lie in wait for the man who is right with God, and want to kill him.
Psalms 37 : 33 (NLV)
The Lord will not leave him in his power. He will not let him be found guilty when he is judged.
Psalms 37 : 34 (NLV)
Wait for the Lord. Keep His way. And He will give you a high place to receive the land. When the sinful are cut off, you will see it.
Psalms 37 : 35 (NLV)
I have seen a very sinful man spreading himself like a green tree in its home land.
Psalms 37 : 36 (NLV)
Then he passed away and was no more. I looked for him. But he could not be found.
Psalms 37 : 37 (NLV)
Look at the man without blame. And watch the man who is right and good. For the man of peace will have much family to follow him.
Psalms 37 : 38 (NLV)
But all the sinners will be destroyed. The family of the sinful will be cut off.
Psalms 37 : 39 (NLV)
But the saving of those who are right with God is from the Lord. He is their strength in time of trouble.
Psalms 37 : 40 (NLV)
The Lord helps them and takes them out of trouble. He takes them away from the sinful, and saves them, because they go to Him for a safe place.
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