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Psalm 37

(from Day 7 Evening Prayer)

Noli aemulari

  1. FRET not thyself because of the ungodly : neither be thou envious against the evil-doers.
  2. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass : and be withered even as the green herb.
  3. Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
  4. Delight thou in the Lord : and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.
  5. Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him : and he shall bring it to pass.
  6. He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light : and thy just dealing as the noon-day.
  7. Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him : but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels.
  8. Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure : fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.
  9. Wicked doers shall be rooted out : and they that patiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land.
  10. Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone : thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.
  11. But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth : and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.
  12. The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just : and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
  13. The Lord shall laugh him to scorn : for he hath seen that his day is coming.
  14. The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow : to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation.
  15. Their sword shall go through their own heart : and their bow shall be broken.
  16. A small thing that the righteous hath : is better than great riches of the ungodly.
  17. For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken : and the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
  18. The Lord knoweth the days of the godly : and their inheritance shall endure for ever.
  19. They shall not be confounded in the perilous time : and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.
  20. As for the ungodly, they shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs : yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.
  21. The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again : but the righteous is merciful and liberal.
  22. Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land : and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out.
  23. The Lord ordereth a good man's going : and maketh his way acceptable to himself.
  24. Though he fall, he shall not be cast away : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
  25. I have been young, and now am old : and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
  26. The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth : and his seed is blessed.
  27. Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good : and dwell for evermore.
  28. For the Lord loveth the thing that is right : he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever.
  29. The unrighteous shall be punished : as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.
  30. The righteous shall inherit the land : and dwell therein for ever.
  31. The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom : and his tongue will be talking of judgement.
  32. The law of his God is in his heart : and his goings shall not slide.
  33. The ungodly seeth the righteous : and seeketh occasion to slay him.
  34. The Lord will not leave him in his hand : nor condemn him when he is judged.
  35. Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land : when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.
  36. I myself have seen the ungodly in great power : and flourishing like a green bay-tree.
  37. I went by, and lo, he was gone : I sought him, but his place could no where be found.
  38. Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
  39. As for the transgressors, they shall perish together : and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last.
  40. But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the Lord : who is also their strength in the time of trouble.
  41. And the Lord shall stand by them, and save them : he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they put their trust in him.