These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Psalm 37
Tanakh 40 verses
- 1 [A Psalm] of . Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.
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For they shall soon wither like the grass, And fade as the green herb.
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- 3 Trust in , and do good; Dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness.
- 4 So shalt thou delight thyself in ; And He shall give thee the petitions of thy .
- 5 Commit thy way unto ; Trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.
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And He will make thy to go forth as the light, And thy right as the noonday.
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Resign thyself unto , and wait patiently for Him; Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
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Psalm 40:1 Psalm 27:14 Jeremiah 12:1 Psalm 62:5 Psalm 62:1 Proverbs 20:22 James 5:7-11 Habakkuk 2:3 Hebrews 10:36-37 Lamentations 3:25-26 Psalm 73:3-14 Isaiah 30:15 Galatians 6:9 Daniel 11:36 Job 21:7-34 Isaiah 10:13-14 Jonah 1:11 Revelation 13:3-10 Isaiah 8:17 Psalm 50:8 Ecclesiastes 5:8 Joshua 10:12 - 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.
- 9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for , they shall inherit the land.
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And yet a little while, and the wicked is no more; Yea, thou shalt look well at his place, and he is not.
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- 11 But the humble shall inherit the land, And delight themselves in the abundance of .
- 12 The wicked plotteth against the righteous, And gnasheth at him with his teeth.
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The doth laugh at him; For He seeth that his day is coming.
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- 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow; To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way;
- 15 Their sword shall enter into their own , And their bows shall be broken.
- 16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
- 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But upholdeth the righteous.
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The knoweth the days of them that are wholehearted; And their inheritance shall be for ever.
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They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
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- 20 For the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of shall be as the fat of lambs—They shall pass away in smoke, they shall pass away.
- 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.
- 22 For such as are blessed of Him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.
- 23 It is of that a man’s goings are established; And He delighted in his way.
- 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For upholdeth his hand.
- 25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.
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All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.
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- 27 Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.
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For loveth justice, And forsaketh not His saints; They are preserved for ever; But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
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- 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for ever.
- 30 The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.
- 31 The of his is in his ; None of his steps slide.
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The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
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The will not leave him in his hand, Nor suffer him to be condemned when he is judged.
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- 34 Wait for , and keep His way, And He will exalt thee to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
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I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.
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But one passed by, and, lo, he was not; Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
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Mark the man of integrity, and behold the upright; For there is a future for the man of .
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- 38 But transgressors shall be destroyed together; The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
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But the of the righteous is of ; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
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- 40 And helpeth them, and delivereth them; He delivereth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in Him.