⁰To David.

¹Do not burn with anger at the evildoers; do not envy those who do injustice.

²For like grass they quickly wither, and like the green of sprouting growth they wilt.

³Trust in Yahweh and do good; dwell in the land and shepherd steadiness.

⁴And delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the requests of your heart.

⁵Roll your way upon Yahweh, and trust in him, and he will act.

⁶He will bring out your righteousness like the light, and your justice like the noon.

⁷Be still before Yahweh and wait longingly for him; do not burn at one who prospers in his way, at a man who makes schemes.

⁸Let go of anger and forsake rage; do not burn with anger — it only leads to doing evil.

⁹For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh, they will possess the land.

¹⁰Yet a little while, and the wicked is no more; you will look closely at his place, and he will not be.

¹¹And the humble will possess the land and delight in the abundance of wholeness.

¹²The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

¹³The Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow, to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those upright in their way.

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

¹⁶Better is the little the righteous has than the wealth of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

¹⁸Yahweh knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will be forever.

¹⁹They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of hunger they will be satisfied.

²⁰For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of Yahweh will be like the splendor of the pastures; they come to an end in smoke, they come to an end.

²¹The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous shows favor and gives.

²²For his blessed ones will occupy the land, and his cursed ones will be cut off.

²³From Yahweh the steps of a man are established, and he delights in his way.

²⁴If he falls, he will not be hurled down, for Yahweh supports his hand.

²⁵I was a boy, and also I have grown old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, or his seed seeking food.

²⁶All day long he shows favor and lends, and his seed becomes a blessing.

²⁷Turn away from evil and do good, and dwell forever.

²⁸For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones; forever they are guarded, but the seed of the wicked is cut off.

²⁹The righteous will occupy the land, and they will dwell forever on it.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

³¹The instruction of his God is in his heart; his steps will not slip.

³²The wicked one watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.

³³Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, and will not condemn him as guilty when he is judged.

³⁴Wait for Yahweh and keep his way, and he will raise you high to occupy the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

³⁵I saw a wicked man, ruthless, spreading himself like a native tree, luxuriant.

³⁶Then he passed away, and look, he was not; I sought him, and he was not found.

³⁷Observe the blameless and see the upright, for the latter end of the man is wholeness.

³⁸But rebels are destroyed together; the latter end of the wicked is cut off.

³⁹And the deliverance of the righteous is from Yahweh, their stronghold in a time of distress.

⁴⁰And Yahweh helped them and delivered them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, for they have taken refuge in him.