| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Don’t worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Trust in the LORD and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart’s desires. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the LORD will possess the land. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The lowly will possess the land and will live in peace and prosperity. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and rich. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For the strength of the wicked will be shattered, but the LORD takes care of the godly. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Day by day the LORD takes care of the innocent, and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19They will not be disgraced in hard times; even in famine they will have more than enough. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But the wicked will die. The LORD’s enemies are like flowers in a field— they will disappear like smoke. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly are generous givers. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Those the LORD blesses will possess the land, but those he curses will die. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26The godly always give generous loans to others, and their children are a blessing. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Turn from evil and do good, and you will live in the land forever. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28For the LORD loves justice, and he will never abandon the godly. He will keep them safe forever, but the children of the wicked will die. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The godly will possess the land and will live there forever. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31They have made God’s law their own, so they will never slip from his path. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33But the LORD will not let the wicked succeed or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Put your hope in the LORD. Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them! |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38But the rebellious will be destroyed; they have no future. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39The LORD rescues the godly; he is their fortress in times of trouble. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40The LORD helps them, rescuing them from the wicked. He saves them, and they find shelter in him. |
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