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Psalm 37

Common English Bible CEB

1 Don't get upset over evildoers; don't be jealous of those who do wrong,

2 because they will fade fast, like grass; they will wither like green vegetables.

3 Trust the LORD and do good; live in the land, and farm faithfulness.

4 Enjoy the LORD, and he will give what your heart asks.

5 Commit your way to the LORD! Trust him! He will act

6 and will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, your justice like high noon.

7 Be still before the LORD, and wait for him. Don't get upset when someone gets ahead— someone who invents evil schemes.

8 Let go of anger and leave rage behind! Don't get upset—it will only lead to evil.

9 Because evildoers will be eliminated, but those who hope in the LORD— they will possess the land.

10 In just a little while the wicked won't exist! If you go looking around their place, they won't be there.

11 But the weak will inherit the land; they will enjoy a surplus of peace.

12 The wicked plot against the righteous, grinding their teeth at them.

13 But my Lord just laughs at them because he knows that their day is coming.

14 The wicked draw their swords and bend their bows to bring down the weak and the needy, to slaughter those whose way is right.

15 But the sword of the wicked will enter their own hearts! Their bows will be broken!

16 Better is the little that the righteous have than the overabundant wealth of the wicked.

17 The arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

18 The LORD is intimately acquainted with the lives of the blameless; their heritage will last forever.

19 They won't be ashamed in troubling times, and in a period of famine they will eat their fill.

20 But the wicked will die, the LORD's enemies will disappear— disappear like the beauty of a meadow—in smoke.

21 The wicked borrow and don't pay it back, but the righteous are generous and giving.

22 Those blessed by God will possess the land, but those cursed by God will be cut off.

23 A person's steps are made secure by the LORD when they delight in his way.

24 Though they trip up, they won't be thrown down, because the LORD holds their hand.

25 I was young and now I'm old, but I have never seen the righteous left all alone, have never seen their children begging for bread.

26 They are always gracious and generous. Their children are a blessing.

27 Turn away from evil! Do good! Then you will live in the land forever.

28 The LORD loves justice. He will never leave his faithful all alone. They are guarded forever, but the children of the wicked are eliminated.

29 The righteous will possess the land; they will live on it forever.

30 The mouths of the righteous recite wisdom; their tongues discuss justice.

31 The Instruction of their God is in their hearts; they don't miss a step.

32 The wicked, on the other hand, target the righteous, seeking to kill them.

33 But the LORD won't leave the righteous to the power of the wicked, and won't let the righteous be found guilty when they are judged.

34 Hope in the LORD and keep his way! He will lift you up so you can possess the land. When the wicked are eliminated, you will see it for yourself!

35 I myself have seen wicked powerful people, exalting themselves like a stately cedar.

36 But when I came back, they were gone! I looked all over for them, but they couldn't be found!

37 Observe those who have integrity and watch those whose heart is right because the future belongs to persons of peace.

38 But wrongdoers will be destroyed all together; the future of the wicked will be cut short.

39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their refuge in times of trouble.

40 The LORD will help themand rescue them— rescue them from the wicked—and he will save them because they have taken refuge in him.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked.

2 In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.

3 Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last.

4 Keep company with God, get in on the best.

5 Open up before God, keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done:

6 He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.

7 Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.

8 Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes - it only makes things worse.

9 Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God-investors will soon own the store.

10 Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; you'll stare at his once famous place and - nothing!

11 Down-to-earth people will move in and take over, relishing a huge bonanza.

12 Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in.

13 But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line.

14 Bullies brandish their swords, pull back on their bows with a flourish. They're out to beat up on the harmless, or mug that nice man out walking his dog.

15 A banana peel lands them flat on their faces - slapstick figures in a moral circus.

16 Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked,

17 For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God-strong.

18 God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do won't soon be forgotten.

19 In hard times, they'll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, they'll be full.

20 God-despisers have had it; God's enemies are finished - Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air.

21 Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives.

22 Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass.

23 Stalwart walks in step with God; his path blazed by God, he's happy.

24 If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand.

25 I once was young, now I'm a graybeard - not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets.

26 Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud.

27 Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit.

28 God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out.

29 The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots.

30 Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue.

31 His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's.

32 Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill.

33 God, alert, is also on watch - Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head.

34 Wait passionately for God, don't leave the path. He'll give you your place in the sun while you watch the wicked lose it.

35 I saw Wicked bloated like a toad, croaking pretentious nonsense.

36 The next time I looked there was nothing - a punctured bladder, vapid and limp.

37 Keep your eye on the healthy soul, scrutinize the straight life; There's a future in strenuous wholeness.

38 But the willful will soon be discarded; insolent souls are on a dead-end street.

39 The spacious, free life is from God, it's also protected and safe.

40 God-strengthened, we're delivered from evil - when we run to him, he saves us.