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1 - Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.

2 - For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

3 - Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

4 - Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

5 - Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.

6 - And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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.

8 - Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.

9 - For evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

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

11 - But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.

12 - The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.

13 - But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come.

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.

15 - Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

16 - Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

17 - For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

18 - The Lord knoweth the days of the undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

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

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.

21 - The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.

22 - For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.

23 - With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

24 - When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

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

26 - He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.

27 - Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.

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.

29 - But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.

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

31 - The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.

32 - The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

33 - But the Lord will not leave him in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.

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.

35 - I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.

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

37 - Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.

38 - But the unjust shall be destroyed together: the remnants of the wicked shall perish.

39 - But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.

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.