1 Do not get heated because of evildoers; do not envy those who commit injustice.
2 For like grass they will quickly be cut down, and like green growth they will wither.
3 Trust in the LORD and do good; live in the land and feed on faithfulness.
4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will grant you the requests of your heart.
5 Roll your way onto the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.
6 He will make your righteousness shine out like the light, and your justice like the noon.
7 Be silent before the LORD and wait longingly for him; do not get heated over the one who succeeds in his way, over the man who carries out evil plots.
8 Let go of anger and abandon fury; do not get heated; it leads only to doing evil.
9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will possess the land.
10 A little longer, and the wicked will be gone; you will look closely at his place, and he will not be there.
11 But the humble will possess the land and take delight in great peace.
12 The wicked schemes against the righteous and grinds his teeth at him;
13 the Lord laughs at him, for he has seen that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have unsheathed the sword and bent their bow to bring down the afflicted and the needy, to slay those who walk uprightly.
15 Their sword will go into their own heart, and their bows will be shattered.
16 The little of the righteous is better than the wealth of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked will be shattered, but the LORD supports the righteous.
18 The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will be forever.
19 They will not be shamed in an evil time, and in days of famine they will be satisfied.
20 But the wicked will perish, and the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures; they are consumed; in smoke they are consumed.
21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back, but the righteous shows grace and gives.
22 For those he blesses will possess the land, and those he curses will be cut off.
23 From the LORD a man's steps are made firm, and he takes pleasure in his way.
24 When he falls, he will not be hurled down, for the LORD holds his hand.
25 I was young and have also grown old, yet I have not seen a righteous man abandoned or his children seeking bread.
26 All day he shows grace and lends, and his offspring are for a blessing.
27 Depart from evil and do good, and remain forever.
28 For the LORD loves justice and will not abandon his godly ones; they are kept forever, but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.
29 The righteous will possess the land and live in it forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous murmurs wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.
31 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps will not slide.
32 The wicked keeps watch on the righteous and seeks to kill him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Hope in the LORD and keep his way, and he will raise you up to possess the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will look on.
35 I have seen a wicked man, a tyrant, spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.
36 Then he passed on, and look, he was gone; I searched for him, but he was not found.
37 Watch the blameless and look at the upright, for the man of peace has a future.
38 But transgressors will be destroyed together; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD, their stronghold in a time of distress.
40 The LORD helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from the wicked and saves them, for they have sought refuge in him.