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Psalms 36

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

36:1

[A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity.

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36:2

For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs.

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36:3

Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.

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36:4

Delight [thyself] in the Lord; and he shall grant thee the requests of thine heart.

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36:5

Disclose thy way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.

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36:6

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.

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36:7

Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds.

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36:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil.

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36:9

For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.

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36:10

And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find [it].

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36:11

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight [themselves] in the abundance of peace.

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36:12

The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.

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36:13

But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come.

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36:14

Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, [and] to slay the upright in heart.

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36:15

Let their sword enter into their [own] heart, and their bows be broken.

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36:16

A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.

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36:17

For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.

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36:18

The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever.

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36:19

They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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36:20

For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke.

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36:21

The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives.

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36:22

For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.

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36:23

The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way.

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36:24

When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.

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36:25

I was [once] young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

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36:26

He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.

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36:27

Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.

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36:28

For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.

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36:29

But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.

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36:30

The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment.

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36:31

The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.

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36:32

The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.

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36:33

But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged.

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36:34

Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see [it].

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36:35

I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus.

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36:36

Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.

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36:37

Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceable man.

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36:38

But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.

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36:39

But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction.

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36:40

And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.

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