drb - 36

drb@Psalms:36:1 @A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

drb@Psalms:36:2 @For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

drb@Psalms:36:3 @Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

drb@Psalms:36:4 @Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

drb@Psalms:36:5 @Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

drb@Psalms:36:6 @And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

drb@Psalms:36:7 @Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

drb@Psalms:36:8 @Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

drb@Psalms:36:9 @For the evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land.

drb@Psalms:36:10 @For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.

drb@Psalms:36:11 @But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.

drb@Psalms:36:12 @The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

drb@Psalms:36:13 @But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come.

drb@Psalms:36:14 @The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.

drb@Psalms:36:15 @Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

drb@Psalms:36:16 @Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

drb@Psalms:36:17 @For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

drb@Psalms:36:18 @The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

drb@Psalms:36:19 @They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:

drb@Psalms:36:20 @because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.

drb@Psalms:36:21 @The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.

drb@Psalms:36:22 @For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.

drb@Psalms:36:23 @With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

drb@Psalms:36:24 @When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

drb@Psalms:36:25 @I have been young, and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

drb@Psalms:36:26 @He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.

drb@Psalms:36:27 @Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.

drb@Psalms:36:28 @For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.

drb@Psalms:36:29 @But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.

drb@Psalms:36:30 @The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.

drb@Psalms:36:31 @The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.

drb@Psalms:36:32 @The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

drb@Psalms:36:33 @But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.

drb@Psalms:36:34 @Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.

drb@Psalms:36:35 @I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.

drb@Psalms:36:36 @And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.

drb@Psalms:36:37 @Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.

drb@Psalms:36:38 @But the unjust shall be destroyed together: the remnants of the wicked shall perish.

drb@Psalms:36:39 @But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.

drb@Psalms:36:40 @And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.

Psalms 36