here’s Psalm 37, which has helped me get through the week. hopefully it will be helpful to someone else out there.
- 0: A Psalm of David.
1: Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not envious of wrongdoers!
2: For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
3: Trust in the LORD, and do good; so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security.
4: Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5: Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.
6: He will bring forth your vindication as the light, and your right as the noonday.
7: Be still before the LORD, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
8: Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
9: For the wicked shall be cut off; but those who wait for the LORD shall possess the land.
10: Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look well at his place, he will not be there.
11: But the meek shall possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.
12: The wicked plots against the righteous, and gnashes his teeth at him;
13: but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.
14: The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows, to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly;
15: their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16: Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
17: For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the LORD upholds the righteous.
18: The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will abide for ever;
19: they are not put to shame in evil times, in the days of famine they have abundance.
20: But the wicked perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures, they vanish – like smoke they vanish away.
21: The wicked borrows, and cannot pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;
22: for those blessed by the LORD shall possess the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.
23: The steps of a man are from the LORD, and he establishes him in whose way he delights;
24: though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD is the stay of his hand.
25: I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging bread.
26: He is ever giving liberally and lending, and his children become a blessing.
27: Depart from evil, and do good; so shall you abide for ever.
28: For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. The righteous shall be preserved for ever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
29: The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell upon it for ever.
30: The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
31: The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
32: The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.
33: The LORD will not abandon him to his power, or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.
34: Wait for the LORD, and keep to his way, and he will exalt you to possess the land; you will look on the destruction of the wicked.
35: I have seen a wicked man overbearing, and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.
36: Again I passed by, and, lo, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
37: Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the man of peace.
38: But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.
39: The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their refuge in the time of trouble.
40: The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked, and saves them, because they take refuge in him. *
