Psalms:36-39
nkjv@Psalms:36:1 @ An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
nkjv@Psalms:36:2 @ For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
nkjv@Psalms:36:3 @ The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
nkjv@Psalms:36:4 @ He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil.
nkjv@Psalms:36:5 @ Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
nkjv@Psalms:36:6 @ Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
nkjv@Psalms:36:7 @ How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
nkjv@Psalms:36:8 @ They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
nkjv@Psalms:36:9 @ For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
nkjv@Psalms:36:10 @ Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
nkjv@Psalms:36:11 @ Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
nkjv@Psalms:36:12 @ There the workers of iniquity have fallen; They have been cast down and are not able to rise.
nkjv@Psalms:37:1 @ Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
nkjv@Psalms:37:2 @ For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
nkjv@Psalms:37:3 @ Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
nkjv@Psalms:37:4 @ Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
nkjv@Psalms:37:5 @ Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.
nkjv@Psalms:37:6 @ He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday.
nkjv@Psalms: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 brings wicked schemes to pass.
nkjv@Psalms:37:8 @ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret--it only causes harm.
nkjv@Psalms:37:9 @ For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth.
nkjv@Psalms:37:10 @ For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.
nkjv@Psalms:37:11 @ But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
nkjv@Psalms:37:12 @ The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
nkjv@Psalms:37:13 @ The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.
nkjv@Psalms:37:14 @ The wicked have drawn the sword And have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay those who are of upright conduct.
nkjv@Psalms:37:15 @ Their sword shall enter their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
nkjv@Psalms:37:16 @ A little that a righteous man has Is better than the riches of many wicked.
nkjv@Psalms:37:17 @ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the LORD upholds the righteous.
nkjv@Psalms:37:18 @ The LORD knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever.
nkjv@Psalms:37:19 @ They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
nkjv@Psalms:37:20 @ But the wicked shall perish; And the enemies of the LORD, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.
nkjv@Psalms:37:21 @ The wicked borrows and does not repay, But the righteous shows mercy and gives.
nkjv@Psalms:37:22 @ For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.
nkjv@Psalms:37:23 @ The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way.
nkjv@Psalms:37:24 @ Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand.
nkjv@Psalms:37:25 @ I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.
nkjv@Psalms:37:26 @ He is ever merciful, and lends; And his descendants are blessed.
nkjv@Psalms:37:27 @ Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell forevermore.
nkjv@Psalms:37:28 @ For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
nkjv@Psalms:37:29 @ The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell in it forever.
nkjv@Psalms:37:30 @ The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice.
nkjv@Psalms:37:31 @ The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.
nkjv@Psalms:37:32 @ The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him.
nkjv@Psalms:37:33 @ The LORD will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
nkjv@Psalms:37:34 @ Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
nkjv@Psalms:37:35 @ I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree.
nkjv@Psalms:37:36 @ Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more; Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
nkjv@Psalms:37:37 @ Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright; For the future of that man is peace.
nkjv@Psalms:37:38 @ But the transgressors shall be destroyed together; The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
nkjv@Psalms:37:39 @ But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in the time of trouble.
nkjv@Psalms:37:40 @ And the LORD shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, Because they trust in Him.
nkjv@Psalms:38:1 @ O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
nkjv@Psalms:38:2 @ For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.
nkjv@Psalms:38:3 @ There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.
nkjv@Psalms:38:4 @ For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
nkjv@Psalms:38:5 @ My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.
nkjv@Psalms:38:6 @ I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
nkjv@Psalms:38:7 @ For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
nkjv@Psalms:38:8 @ I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
nkjv@Psalms:38:9 @ Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.
nkjv@Psalms:38:10 @ My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
nkjv@Psalms:38:11 @ My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
nkjv@Psalms:38:12 @ Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.
nkjv@Psalms:38:13 @ But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
nkjv@Psalms:38:14 @ Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response.
nkjv@Psalms:38:15 @ For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.
nkjv@Psalms:38:16 @ For I said, "Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me."
nkjv@Psalms:38:17 @ For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
nkjv@Psalms:38:18 @ For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.
nkjv@Psalms:38:19 @ But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
nkjv@Psalms:38:20 @ Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
nkjv@Psalms:38:21 @ Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me!
nkjv@Psalms:38:22 @ Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
nkjv@Psalms:39:1 @ I said, "I will guard my ways, Lest I sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle, While the wicked are before me."
nkjv@Psalms:39:2 @ I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.
nkjv@Psalms:39:3 @ My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
nkjv@Psalms:39:4 @ "LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.
nkjv@Psalms:39:5 @ Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor.Selah
nkjv@Psalms:39:6 @ Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.
nkjv@Psalms:39:7 @ "And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
nkjv@Psalms:39:8 @ Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
nkjv@Psalms:39:9 @ I was mute, I did not open my mouth, Because it was You who did it.
nkjv@Psalms:39:10 @ Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
nkjv@Psalms:39:11 @ When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor.Selah
nkjv@Psalms:39:12 @ "Hear my prayer, O LORD, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
nkjv@Psalms:39:13 @ Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, Before I go away and am no more."
nkjv@Psalms:40:1 @ I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.
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