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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright; |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will remain forever; |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish—like smoke they vanish away. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives; |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22for those blessed by the LORD shall inherit the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33The LORD will not abandon him to his power or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him. |
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