Psalms 37

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¹The title of the seuene and thrittithe salm. `The salm of Dauid, to bythenke on the sabat.

²Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire.

³For thin arowis ben fitchid in me; and thou hast confermed thin hond on me.

⁴Noon helthe is in my fleisch fro the face of thin ire; no pees is to my boonys fro the face of my synnes.

⁵For my wickidnessis ben goon ouer myn heed; as an heuy birthun, tho ben maad heuy on me.

⁶Myn heelid woundis weren rotun, and ben brokun; fro the face of myn vnwisdom.

⁷I am maad a wretche, and Y am bowid doun til in to the ende; al dai Y entride sorewful.

⁸For my leendis ben fillid with scornyngis; and helthe is not in my fleisch.

⁹I am turmentid, and maad low ful greetli; Y roride for the weilyng of myn herte.

¹⁰Lord, al my desire is bifor thee; and my weilyng is not hid fro thee.

¹¹Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook me; and the liyt of myn iyen `forsook me, and it is not with me.

¹²My frendis and my neiyboris neiyiden; and stoden ayens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer;

¹³and thei diden violence, that souyten my lijf. And thei that souyten yuels to me, spaken vanytees; and thouyten gilis al dai.

¹⁴But Y as a deef man herde not; and as a doumb man not openynge his mouth.

¹⁵And Y am maad as a man not herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth.

¹⁶For, Lord, Y hopide in thee; my Lord God, thou schalt here me.

¹⁷For Y seide, Lest ony tyme myn enemyes haue ioye on me; and the while my feet ben mouyd, thei spaken grete thingis on me.

¹⁸For Y am redi to betyngis; and my sorewe is euere in my siyt.

¹⁹For Y schal telle my wickidnesse; and Y schal thenke for my synne.

²⁰But myn enemyes lyuen, and ben confermed on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that haten me wickidli.

²¹Thei that yelden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; for Y suede goodnesse.

²²My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not awei fro me.

²³Lord God of myn helthe; biholde thou in to myn help.

Psalms 37

¹Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

²For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

³Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

⁴Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

⁵Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

⁶And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

⁷Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

⁹For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹²The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

¹⁵Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

¹⁸The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

²¹The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

²²For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

²⁶He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

²⁸For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

³²The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

³³The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

³⁶Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

³⁷Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

³⁸But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

⁴⁰And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.