Psm37:1 To David . [ The psalm of David. ] Do not thou follow wicked men; neither love thou men doing wickedness. ( The song of David . Do not thou follow the wicked; nor love thou those who do wickedly.)
Psm37:2 For they shall wax dry swiftly as hay; and they shall fall down soon as the worts of herbs. (For they shall quickly grow dry like the hay, or the grass ; and soon they shall fall down like the best herbs, or the plants .)
Psm37:3 Hope thou in the Lord, and do thou goodness (Trust thou in the Lord, and do good); and inhabit thou the land, and thou shalt be fed with his riches.
Psm37:4 Delight thou in the Lord; and he shall give to thee the askings of thine heart.
Psm37:5 Show thy way to the Lord; and hope in him, and he shall do. (Give all thy ways to the Lord, and trust in him; and he shall make it happen.)
Psm37:6 And he shall lead out thy rightfulness as light, and thy doom as midday; (And he shall lead forth thy righteousness like the light, and thy judgement like the midday sun ;)
Psm37:7 be thou subject to the Lord, and pray thou him. Do not thou follow him, that hath prosperity in his way; (nor) a man doing unrightfulness. (be thou subject to the Lord, and wait thou for him. Do not thou follow a man, simply because he hath prospered along his way; nor a man doing unrighteousness, or wickedness .)
Psm37:8 Cease thou of ire, and forsake strong vengeance; do not thou follow, that thou do wickedly. (Cease thou from anger, and abandon taking vengeance; do not thou follow after these things, so that thou do wickedly.)
Psm37:9 For they, that do wickedly, shall be destroyed; but they that suffer the Lord, shall inherit the land. (For they, who do wickedly, shall be destroyed; but they who hope in the Lord, shall inherit the earth.)
Psm37:10 And yet a little, and a sinner shall not be (For after but just a little time, that sinner shall not be); and thou shalt seek his place, and thou shalt not find it .
Psm37:11 But mild men shall inherit the land (And the humble, or the meek , shall inherit the earth); and shall delight in the multitude of peace.
Psm37:12 A sinner shall ambush the rightful man; and he shall gnash with his teeth on him. (A sinner shall attack a righteous man; and he shall gnash on him with his teeth.)
Psm37:13 But the Lord shall scorn the sinner; for he beholdeth that his day cometh.
Psm37:14 Sinners have drawn out sword; they bent their bow. To deceive a poor man and needy; to strangle rightful men of heart. (The sinners have drawn out their swords; they have bent their bows. Yea, to destroy the poor and the needy; and to kill those with an upright heart.)
Psm37:15 Their sword enter into the heart of themselves; and their bow be broken. (But their swords shall enter into their own hearts; and their bows shall be broken.)
Psm37:16 Better is a little thing to a just man; than many riches of sinners. (Better is the little that the righteous have; than the many riches of the sinners.)
Psm37:17 For the arms of sinners shall be all-broken; but the Lord confirmeth just men. (For the strength of the sinners shall be all-broken; but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.)
Psm37:18 The Lord knoweth the days of [the] unwemmed; and their heritage shall be (into) without end. (The Lord knoweth all about those without blemish , or without fault ; and their inheritance shall last forever.)
Psm37:19 They shall not be shamed in the evil time, and they shall be [ful]filled in the days of hunger;
Psm37:20 for sinners shall perish. Forsooth anon as the enemies of the Lord be honoured, and enhanced; they failing shall fail as smoke. (but the sinners shall perish. And after the Lord’s enemies be honoured, and exalted; they shall disappear, just like smoke.)
Psm37:21 A sinner shall borrow, and shall not pay (back); but a just man hath mercy, and shall give (but the righteous have love, and shall give to others).
Psm37:22 For they that bless the Lord shall inherit the land; but they that curse him shall perish. (For those who be blessed by the Lord, shall inherit the earth; but they who be cursed by him, shall perish.)
Psm37:23 The going(s) of a man shall be (ad)dressed with the Lord; and he shall delight in his way. (The goings of a man be directed by the Lord; and he guardeth him on his way.)
Psm37:24 When he falleth, he shall not be hurtled down/he shall not be hurled down; for the Lord undersetteth his hand.
Psm37:25 I was younger, and soothly I waxed eld; and I saw not a just man forsaken, neither his seed seeking bread. (I was young, and then I grew old; and I never saw a righteous person abandoned, nor his children seeking bread.)
Psm37:26 All day he hath mercy, and lendeth; and his seed shall be in blessing. (All day long he hath love, and lendeth to others ; and his children, or his descendants , shall be blessed.)
Psm37:27 Bow thou away from evil, and do good; and dwell thou into the world of world. (Turn thou away from evil, and do good; and thou shalt live forever.)
Psm37:28 For the Lord loveth doom, and shall not forsake his saints; they shall be kept [into] without end. Unjust men shall be punished; and the seed of wicked men shall perish. (For the Lord loveth justice, and shall not forsake his saints; they shall be kept safe forever. The unjust, or the unrighteous , shall be punished; and the descendants of the wicked shall perish.)
Psm37:29 But just men shall inherit the land; and shall inhabit thereon into the world of world. (But the righteous shall inherit the land; and shall inhabit it forever.)
Psm37:30 The mouth of a just man shall bethink wisdom; and his tongue shall speak doom. (The righteous person speaketh wisdom; yea, his tongue shall speak of justice, or fairness .)
Psm37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not be deceived. (The Law of God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slip/and his feet shall not stumble.)
Psm37:32 A sinner beholdeth a just man; and seeketh to slay him.
Psm37:33 But the Lord shall not forsake him in his hands; neither he shall condemn him, when it shall be deemed against him.
Psm37:34 Abide thou the Lord, and keep thou his way, and he shall enhance thee, that by heritage thou take the land; when sinners shall perish, thou shalt see. (Wait thou for the Lord, and keep thou to his way, and he shall raise thee up, or shall exalt thee , so that thou take the land by inheritance; and when the sinners shall perish, thou shalt see it.)
Psm37:35 I saw the wicked man enhanced above; and raised up as the cedars of Lebanon. ( Once I saw a wicked man exalted; yea, raised up as high as the cedars in Lebanon.)
Psm37:36 And I passed (And then I passed by later), and lo! he was not (there); I sought him, and his place was not found.
Psm37:37 Keep thou innocence, and see equity; for those be relics to a peaceable man. (Mark thou the innocent, and look upon the righteous; for they be the progeny of peaceful people.)
Psm37:38 Forsooth unjust men shall perish; the remnants/the relics of wicked men shall perish (al)together. (But the unjust, or the unrighteous , shall perish; yea, the progeny of the wicked shall altogether perish.)
Psm37:39 But the health of just men is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of tribulation. (But the salvation, or the deliverance , of the righteous is from the Lord; and he is their defender in their time of trouble.)
Psm37:40 And the Lord shall help them, and shall make them free, and he shall deliver them from sinners; and he shall save them, for they hoped in him (and he shall save them, for they trusted in him).