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Author:Traditional Attribution
Topic:psalms Chapter 37 Study
This chapter provides a foundational look at the theological themes of psalms, analyzed across multiple historic translations for maximum scholarly depth.
Psalms 37
Bishops' Bible
1Of Dauid. Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers.
2For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.
3Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth.
4Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire.
5Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe.
6He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light: and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde.
7Holde thee still in God, and wayte paciently vpon him: fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper, at the man that doth abhominations.
8Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.
9For the malitious doers shalbe rooted out: and they that paciently wayte after God, they shall inherite the lande.
10Looke at them yet a litle whyle, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be there
11But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace.
12The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.
13The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming.
14The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.
15But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken.
16A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.
17For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.
18God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect: and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer.
19They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme: and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough.
20As for the vngodly they shall perishe, and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes: yea, euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away.
21The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne: but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally.
22Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande: and they that be cursed of hym, shalbe rooted out.
23The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth.
24Though he fall, he shall not be vndone: for God vpholdeth him with his hande.
25I haue ben a young chylde, and nowe I am olde: and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begyng bread.
26The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.
27Flee from euill & do good: and dwell for euer.
28For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp.
29The righteous shal inherite the land: and dwell therin for euer.
30The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.
31The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide.
32The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym.
33God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.
34Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it.
35I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree.
36And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.
37Marke hym that is perfect, and beholde him that is iust: for the ende of suche a man is peace.
38As for wicked transgressours, they shalbe destroyed all together: and the ende of the vngodly shalbe rooted vp at the last.
39But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble.
40And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him.