Psalms 36

¹A Psalm to David himself. Have no emulation toward the malignant: neither envy them that do iniquity.

²Because they shall quickly wither as grass: and as the blossoms of herbs they shall soon fall.

³Hope in our Lord and do good: and inhabit the land, and thou shalt be fed in the riches thereof.

⁴Be delighted in our Lord: & he will give thee the petitions of thy heart.

⁵Reveal thy way to our Lord, and hope in him: and he will do it.

⁶And he will bring forth thy justice as light: and thy judgment as midday:

⁷Be subject to our Lord, and pray him. Have no emulation in him, that prospereth in his way: in a man that doth injustices.

⁸Cease from wrath, and leave fury: have not emulation that thou be malignant.

⁹Because they that are malignant, shall be cast out: but they that expect our Lord, the same shall inherit the land.

¹⁰And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shall not find it.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall be delighted in multitude of peace.

¹²The sinner shall observe the just: & shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

¹³But our Lord shall scorn him: because he foreseeth that his day shall come.

¹⁴Sinners have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow; That they may deceive the poor and needy: that they may murder the right of heart.

¹⁵Let their own swords enter into their hearts: and let their bow be broken.

¹⁶Better is a little to the just, above much riches of sinners.

¹⁷Because the arms of sinners shall be broken in pieces: but our Lord confirmeth the just.

¹⁸Our Lord knoweth the days of the immaculate: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be confounded in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be filled:

²⁰because the sinners shall perish. But the enemies of our Lord forthwith as they shall be honoured and exalted, vanishing shall vanish as smoke.

²¹The sinner shall borrow, and not pay: but the just is merciful and will give.

²²Because they that bless him shall inherit the land: but they that curse him shall perish.

²³With our Lord the step of man shall be directed: and he shall like well of his way.

²⁴When he shall fall, he shall not be bruised: because our Lord putteth his hand under.

²⁵I have been young, for I am old: and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

²⁶All the day he is merciful and lendeth: & his seed shall be in blessing.

²⁷Decline from evil, & do good: and inhabit for ever & ever.

²⁸Because our Lord loveth judgment, and he will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished: and the seed of the impious shall perish.

²⁹But the just shall inherit the land: and shall inhabit for ever and ever upon it.

³⁰The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment.

³¹The law of his God in his heart: and his steps shall not be supplanted.

³²The sinner considereth the just: and seeketh to murder him.

³³But our Lord will not leave him in his hands: neither will he condemn him, when judgment shall be given of him.

³⁴Expect our Lord, and keep his way: and he will exalt thee, that thou mayst inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.

³⁵I have seen the impious highly exalted, and advance as the cedars of Libanus.

³⁶And I passed by, and behold he was not: and I sought him, and his place was not found.

³⁷Keep innocency, and see equity: because there are remains for the peaceable man.

³⁸But the unjust shall perish together: the remains of the impious shall perish.

³⁹But the salvation of the just is of our Lord: and he is their protector in the time of tribulation.

⁴⁰And our Lord will help them, and deliver them: and he will take them away from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.