TEHILLIM 37

Of Dawiḏ.

1 א,𐤀 Do not fret because of evil-doers,
Do not be envious of the workers of unrighteousness.

2 For they soon wither like grass,
And fade like green plants.

3 ב ,𐤁  Trust in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and do good;
Dwell in the earth, and feed on steadfastness.

4 And delight yourself in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
And let Him give you the desires of your heart.

5 ג ,  𐤂  Commit your way to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
And trust in Him, and He does it.

6 And He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your right-ruling as midday.

7 ד,𐤃 Rest in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man doing wicked devices.

8 ה ,𐤄 Abstain from displeasure, and forsake wrath;
Neither fret only to do evil.

9 For evil-doers are cut off;
But those who wait on 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
They shall inherit the earth.

10 ו  ,𐤅 Yet a little while and the wicked one is no more;
And you shall look on his place,
But it is not.

11 But the meek ones shall inherit the earth,
And delight themselves in plenty of peace.

12 ז  ,𐤆  The wicked plots against the righteous,
And gnashes his teeth at him.

13 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 laughs at him;
For He sees that his day is coming.

14 ח  ,𐤇 The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cause the poor and needy to fall,
To slay those who walk straightly.

15 Their sword enters into their own heart,
And their bows are broken.

16 ט ,𐤈 Better is the little of the righteous one,
Than the riches of many wicked.

17 For the arms of the wicked are broken,
But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 sustains the righteous.

18 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄  י , 𐤉 knows the days of the perfect,
And their inheritance is forever.

19 They are not ashamed in a time of evil,
And in the days of scarcity of food they are satisfied.

20 כ  , 𐤊 But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
Like the splendour of the meadows they vanish,
Like smoke they vanish away.

21 ל , 𐤋 The wicked borrows and does not repay,
But the righteous one shows favour and gives.

22 For His baruḵ ones inherit the earth,
But those cursed by Him are cut off.

23 מ  ,𐤌  The steps of a man are ordered by 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
And He delights in his way.

24 Though he falls, he is not cast down,
For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 is supporting his hand.

25 נ , 𐤍 I have been young, and now I am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Or his seed begging bread.

26 All day long he is showing favour and lending;
And his seed is for a beraḵah.

27 ס  ,𐤎  Turn away from evil, and do good;
And dwell forever.

28 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 loves Right-Ruling,
And does not forsake His kind ones;
They shall be guarded forever,
But the seed of the wicked is cut off.

29 The righteous shall inherit the earth,
And dwell in it forever.

30 פּ  ,𐤐 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom,
And his tongue talks of Right-Ruling.

31 The Torah of his Elohim is in his heart;
His steps do not slide.

32 צ  ,𐤑 The wicked is watching for the righteous,
And is seeking to slay him.

33 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 does not leave him in his hand,
Or let him be declared wicked when he is judged.

34 ק  ,𐤒 Wait on 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 and guard His Way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the earth –
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

35 ר , 𐤓 I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.

36 Yet he passed away, and see, he was not;
And I sought him, but he was not found.

37 שׁ ,𐤔 Watch the perfect, and observe the straight;
For the latter end of each is peace.

38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together;
The latter end of the wicked shall be cut off.

39 ת ,𐤕 But the deliverance of the righteous is from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
Their strength in time of distress.

40 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they took refuge in Him.