Day 8 of 30

Ps 37:1–40:17

37:1 ALEPH Do not fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

37:4 Also delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

37:5 Commit your way to the Lord. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

37:6 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Do not fret, it leads only to evildoing.

37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

37:11 But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

37:12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

37:13 The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

37:16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

37:18 The Lord knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.

37:19 They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

37:20 But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of the Lord shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish- vanish like smoke.

37:21 The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous give generously.

37:22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

37:23 A man's goings are established by the Lord. He delights in his way.

37:24 Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for the Lord holds him up with his hand.

37:25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

37:26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

37:27 Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

37:28 For the Lord loves justice, and doesn't forsake his holy ones. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.

37:30 The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

37:31 The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

37:32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

37:33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

37:34 Wait for the Lord, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

37:36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37:37 Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

37:38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

37:40 The Lord helps them, and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

38:1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

38:2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.

38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

38:5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

38:6 I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

38:7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.

38:8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.

38:9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

38:10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.

38:12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

38:13 But I, as a deaf man, do not hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

38:14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

38:15 For in you, Lord, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

38:16 For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

38:17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

38:18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

38:19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

38:20 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

38:21 Do not forsake me, Lord. My God, do not be far from me.

38:22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.

39:1 I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

39:2 I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

39:3 My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:

39:4 "Lord, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

39:5 Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

39:6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

39:7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

39:9 I was mute. I did not open my mouth, because you did it.

39:10 Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

39:11 When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.

39:12 "Hear my prayer, Lord, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

39:13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."

40:1 I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

40:2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

40:3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

40:4 Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

40:5 Many, Lord, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

40:6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

40:7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

40:8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your Law is within my heart."

40:9 I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Lord, you know.

40:10 I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

40:11 Do not withhold your tender mercies from me, Lord. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

40:12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

40:13 Be pleased, Lord, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Lord.

40:14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

40:15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, "Aha! Aha!"

40:16 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let the Lord be exalted!"

40:17 But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Do not delay, my God.