<vn='1'> A Psalm of <sn="1732">David</s>. Fret not <sn="408 2734">thyself</s> because of <sn="7489">evildoers</s>, <sn="408">neither</s> be thou <sn="7065">envious</s> against the <sn="6213">workers</s> of <sn="5766">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3588">For</s> they shall <sn="4120">soon</s> be cut <sn="5243">down</s> like the <sn="2682">grass</s>, and <sn="5034">wither</s> as the <sn="3418">green</s><sn="1877">herb</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="982">Trust</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s><sn="2896">good</s>; so shalt thou <sn="7931">dwell</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="530">verily</s> thou shalt be <sn="7462">fed</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Delight <sn="6026">thyself</s> also <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and he shall <sn="5414">give</s> thee the <sn="4862">desires</s> of thine <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1556">Commit</s> thy <sn="1870">way</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="982">trust</s> also <sn="5921">in</s> him; and <sn="1931">he</s> shall bring it to <sn="6213">pass</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he shall bring <sn="3318">forth</s> thy <sn="6664">righteousness</s> as the <sn="216">light</s>, and thy <sn="4941">judgment</s> as the <sn="6672">noonday</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1826">Rest</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and wait <sn="2342">patiently</s> for him: fret not <sn="408 2734">thyself</s> because of him who <sn="6743">prospereth</s> in his <sn="1870">way</s>, because of the <sn="376">man</s> who bringeth wicked devices to <sn="6213 4209">pass</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="7503">Cease</s> from <sn="4480 639">anger</s>, and <sn="5800">forsake</s><sn="2534">wrath</s>: fret not <sn="408 2734">thyself</s> in any <sn="389">wise</s> to do <sn="7489">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="7489">evildoers</s> shall be cut <sn="3772">off</s>: but those that wait <sn="6960">upon</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="1992">they</s> shall <sn="3423">inherit</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>For <sn="5750">yet</s> a <sn="4592">little</s> while, and the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall <sn="369">not</s> be: yea, thou shalt diligently <sn="995 5921">consider</s> his <sn="4725">place</s>, and it shall <sn="369">not</s> be. </v>
<vn='11'>But the <sn="6035">meek</s> shall <sn="3423">inherit</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>; and shall delight <sn="6026">themselves</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="7230">abundance</s> of <sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="2161">plotteth</s> against the <sn="6662">just</s>, and <sn="2786">gnasheth</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him with his <sn="8127">teeth</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>The <sn="136">Lord</s> shall <sn="7832">laugh</s> at him: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="7200">seeth</s><sn="3588">that</s> his <sn="3117">day</s> is <sn="935">coming</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s> have drawn <sn="6605">out</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and have <sn="1869">bent</s> their <sn="7198">bow</s>, to cast <sn="5307">down</s> the <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="34">needy</s>, and to <sn="2873">slay</s> such as be of <sn="3477">upright</s><sn="1870">conversation</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Their <sn="2719">sword</s> shall <sn="935">enter</s> into their own <sn="3820">heart</s>, and their <sn="7198">bows</s> shall be <sn="7665">broken</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>A <sn="4592">little</s> that a <sn="6662">righteous</s> man hath is <sn="2896">better</s> than the <sn="4480 1995">riches</s> of <sn="7227">many</s><sn="7563">wicked</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="2220">arms</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall be <sn="7665">broken</s>: but the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5564">upholdeth</s> the <sn="6662">righteous</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of the <sn="8549">upright</s>: and their <sn="5159">inheritance</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="5769">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>They shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="954">ashamed</s> in the <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="6256">time</s>: and in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="7459">famine</s> they shall be <sn="7646">satisfied</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3588">But</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall <sn="6">perish</s>, and the <sn="341">enemies</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall be as the <sn="3368">fat</s> of <sn="3733">lambs</s>: they shall <sn="3615">consume</s>; into <sn="6227">smoke</s> shall they consume <sn="3615">away</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="3867">borroweth</s>, and <sn="7999">payeth</s><sn="3808">not</s> again: but the <sn="6662">righteous</s> showeth <sn="2603">mercy</s>, and <sn="5414">giveth</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s> such as be <sn="1288">blessed</s> of him shall <sn="3423">inherit</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>; and they that be <sn="7043">cursed</s> of him shall be cut <sn="3772">off</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>The <sn="4703">steps</s> of a good <sn="1397">man</s> are <sn="3559">ordered</s> by the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s>: and he <sn="2654">delighteth</s> in his <sn="1870">way</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3588">Though</s> he <sn="5307">fall</s>, he shall <sn="3808">not</s> be utterly cast <sn="2904">down</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5564">upholdeth</s> him with his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>I have <sn="1961">been</s><sn="5288">young</s>, <sn="1571">and</s> now am <sn="2204">old</s>; yet have I <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7200">seen</s> the <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="5800">forsaken</s>, nor his <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="1245">begging</s><sn="3899">bread</s>. </v>
<vn='26'> He is <sn="3605 3117">ever</s><sn="2603">merciful</s>, and <sn="3867">lendeth</s>; and his <sn="2233">seed</s> is <sn="1293">blessed</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="5493">Depart</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="7451">evil</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s><sn="2896">good</s>; and <sn="7931">dwell</s><sn="5769">forevermore</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="157">loveth</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>, and <sn="5800">forsaketh</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2623">saints</s>; they are <sn="8104">preserved</s><sn="5769">forever</s>: but the <sn="2233">seed</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall be cut <sn="3772">off</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>The <sn="6662">righteous</s> shall <sn="3423">inherit</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="7931">dwell</s><sn="5921">therein</s><sn="5703">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>The <sn="6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="1897">speaketh</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s>, and his <sn="3956">tongue</s><sn="1696">talketh</s> of <sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>The <sn="8451">law</s> of his <sn="430">God</s> is in his <sn="3820">heart</s>; <sn="3808">none</s> of his <sn="838">steps</s> shall <sn="4571">slide</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>The <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="6822">watcheth</s> the <sn="6662">righteous</s>, and <sn="1245">seeketh</s> to <sn="4191">slay</s> him. </v>
<vn='33'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5800">leave</s> him in his <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="7561">condemn</s> him when he is <sn="8199">judged</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="6960">Wait</s><sn="413">on</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="8104">keep</s> his <sn="1870">way</s>, and he shall <sn="7311">exalt</s> thee to <sn="3423">inherit</s> the <sn="776">land</s>: when the <sn="7563">wicked</s> are cut <sn="3772">off</s>, thou shalt <sn="7200">see</s> it. </v>
<vn='35'>I have <sn="7200">seen</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s> in great <sn="6184">power</s>, and spreading <sn="6168">himself</s> like a <sn="7488">green</s> bay <sn="249">tree</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>Yet he passed <sn="5674">away</s>, and, <sn="2009">lo</s>, he was <sn="369">not</s>: yea, I <sn="1245">sought</s> him, but he could <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4672">found</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="8104">Mark</s> the <sn="8535">perfect</s> man, and <sn="7200">behold</s> the <sn="3477">upright</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="319">end</s> of that <sn="376">man</s> is <sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>But the <sn="6586">transgressors</s> shall be <sn="8045">destroyed</s><sn="3162">together</s>: the <sn="319">end</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall be cut <sn="3772">off</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>But the <sn="8668">salvation</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s> is of the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s>: he is their <sn="4581">strength</s> in the <sn="6256">time</s> of <sn="6869">trouble</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="5826">help</s> them, and <sn="6403">deliver</s> them: he shall <sn="6403">deliver</s> them from the <sn="4480 7563">wicked</s>, and <sn="3467">save</s> them, <sn="3588">because</s> they <sn="2620">trust</s> in him. </v>