Delight Yourself in Yahweh
Of David.
א Aleph
aDo not fret because of evildoers,
Be not benvious toward doers of unrighteousness.
2 For they will awither quickly like the grass
And bfade like the green herb.
ב Beth
3 aTrust in Yahweh and do good;
bDwell in the land and ccultivate faithfulness.
4 aDelight yourself in Yahweh;
And He will bgive you the desires of your heart.
ג Gimel
5 aCommit your way to Yahweh,
Trust in Him, and He will do it.
6 He will bring forth ayour righteousness as the light
And your judgment bas the noonday.
ד Daleth
7 Be still in Yahweh and await patiently for Him;
bDo not fret because of him who cprospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.
ה He
8 Cease from anger and aforsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
9 For aevildoers will be cut off,
But those who hope for Yahweh, they will binherit the land.
ו Vav
10 Yet aa little while and the wicked man will be no more;
You will look carefully at bhis place, and he will not be there.
11 But athe lowly will inherit the land
And will delight themselves in babundant peace.
ז Zayin
12 The wicked aschemes against the righteous
And bgnashes at him with his teeth.
13 The Lord alaughs at him,
For He sees that bhis day is coming.
ח Heth
14 The wicked have drawn the sword and abent their bow
To cast down the bafflicted and the needy,
To cslay those who are upright in conduct.
15 Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their abows will be broken.
ט Teth
16 aBetter is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.
17 For the aarms of the wicked will be broken,
But Yahweh bsustains the righteous.
י Yodh
18 Yahweh aknows the days of the blameless,
And their binheritance will be forever.
19 They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And ain the days of famine they will be satisfied.
כ Kaph
20 But the awicked will perish;
And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the glory of the pastures,
They vanish—bin smoke they vanish away.
ל Lamedh
21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous ais gracious and gives.
22 For athose blessed by Him will binherit the land,
But those ccursed by Him will be cut off.
מ Mem
23 aThe footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh,
And He bdelights in his way.
24 When ahe falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because bYahweh is the One who sustains his hand.
נ Nun
25 I was young and now I am old,
Yet aI have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or bhis seed begging bread.
26 All day long ahe is gracious and lends,
And bhis seed is a blessing.
ס Samekh
27 aDepart from evil and do good,
So you will dwell bforever.
ע Ayin
28 For Yahweh aloves justice
And bwill not forsake His holy ones;
They are ckept forever,
But the dseed of the wicked will be cut off.
29 The righteous will ainherit the land
And bdwell in it forever.
פ Pe
30 The mouth of the righteous autters wisdom,
And his tongue bspeaks justice.
31 The alaw of his God is in his heart;
His bsteps do not slip.
צ Tsadhe
32 The awicked spies upon the righteous
And bseeks to put him to death.
33 Yahweh will anot forsake him in his hand;
bHe will not condemn him when he is judged.
ק Qoph
34 aHope for Yahweh and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the bwicked are cut off, you will see it.
ר Resh
35 I have aseen a wicked, ruthless man
Spreading himself like a bluxuriant tree in its native soil.
36 Then he passed away, and behold, he awas no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.
שׁ Shin
37 Observe the ablameless man, and behold the bupright;
For the man of peace will have a cposterity.
38 But transgressors will be altogether adestroyed;
The posterity of the wicked will be bcut off.
ת Tav
39 But the asalvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;
He is their strength bin time of distress.
40 aYahweh helps them and protects them;
He bprotects them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they ctake refuge in Him.