A Psalm of David. 8,6,8,6 ^1For evil-doers fret thou not thyself unquietly; Nor do thou envy bear to those that work iniquity. ^2For, even like unto the grass, soon be cut down shall they; And, like the green and tender herb, they wither shall away. ^3Set thou thy trust upon the Lord, and be thou doing good; And so thou in the land shalt dwell, and verily have food. ^4Delight thyself in God; he'll give thine heart's desire to thee. ^5Thy way to God commit, him trust, it bring to pass shall he. ^6And, like unto the light, he shall thy righteousness display; And he thy judgment shall bring forth like noon-tide of the day. ^7Rest in the Lord, and patiently wait for him: do not fret For him who, prosp'ring in his way, success in sin doth get. ^8Do thou from anger cease, and wrath see thou forsake also: Fret not thyself in any wise, that evil thou should'st do. ^9For those that evil doers are shall be cut off and fall: But those that wait upon the Lord the earth inherit shall. ^10For yet a little while, and then the wicked shall not be; His place thou shalt consider well, but it thou shalt not see. ^11But by inheritance the earth the meek ones shall possess: They also shall delight themselves in an abundant peace. ^12The wicked plots against the just, and at him whets his teeth: ^13The Lord shall laugh at him, because his day he coming seeth. ^14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and bent their bow, to slay The poor and needy, and to kill men of an upright way. ^15But their own sword, which they have drawn, shall enter their own heart: Their bows which they have bent shall break, and into pieces part. ^16A little that a just man hath is more and better far Than is the wealth of many such as lewd and wicked are. ^17For sinners' arms shall broken be; but God the just sustains. ^18God knows the just man's days, and still their heritage remains. ^19They shall not be asham'd when they the evil time do see; And when the days of famine are, they satisfy'd shall be. ^20But wicked men, and foes of God, as fat of lambs, decay; They shall consume, yea, into smoke they shall consume away. ^21The wicked borrows, but the same again he doth not pay; Whereas the righteous mercy shews, and gives his own away. ^22For such as blessed be of him the earth inherit shall; And they that cursed are of him shall be destroyed all. ^23A good man's footsteps by the Lord are ordered aright; And in the way wherein he walks he greatly doth delight. ^24Although he fall, yet shall he not be cast down utterly; Because the Lord with his own hand upholds him mightily. ^25I have been young, and now am old, yet have I never seen The just man left, nor that his seed for bread have beggars been. ^26He's ever merciful, and lends: his seed is bless'd therefore. ^27Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore. ^28For God loves judgment, and his saints leaves not in any case; They are kept ever: but cut off shall be the sinner's race. ^29The just inherit shall the land, and ever in it dwell: ^30The just man's mouth doth wisdom speak; his tongue doth judgment tell. ^31In's heart the law is of his God, his steps slide not away. ^32The wicked man doth watch the just, and seeketh him to slay. ^33Yet him the Lord will not forsake, nor leave him in his hands: The righteous will he not condemn, when he in judgment stands. ^34Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and thee exalt shall he Th' earth to inherit; when cut off the wicked thou shalt see. ^35I saw the wicked great in pow'r, spread like a green bay-tree: ^36He pass'd, yea, was not; him I sought, but found he could not be. ^37Mark thou the perfect, and behold the man of uprightness; Because that surely of this man the latter end is peace. ^38But those men that transgressors are shall be destroy'd together; The latter end of wicked men shall be cut off for ever. ^39But the salvation of the just is from the Lord above; He in the time of their distress their stay and strength doth prove. ^40The Lord shall help, and them deliver: he shall them free and save From wicked men; because in him their confidence they have. |