10For evildoers shall be cut off, *
but those who wait upon the Lord shall possess the land.
11In a little while the wicked shall be no more; *
you shall search out their place, but they will not be there.
12But the lowly shall possess the land; *
they will delight in abundance of peace.
13The wicked plot against the righteous *
and gnash at them with their teeth.
14The Lord laughs at the wicked, *
because he sees that their day will come.
15The wicked draw their sword and bend their bow
to strike down the poor and needy, *
to slaughter those who are upright in their ways.
16Their sword shall go through their own heart, *
and their bow shall be broken.
17The little that the righteous has *
is better than great riches of the wicked.
18For the power of the wicked shall be broken, *
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
Psalm 37: Part IINovit Dominus
19The Lord cares for the lives of the godly, *
and their inheritance shall last for ever.
20They shall not be ashamed in bad times, *
and in days of famine they shall have enough.
21As for the wicked, they shall perish, *
and the enemies of the Lord, like the glory of the meadows, shall vanish;
they shall vanish like smoke.
634Psalm 37
