Psalms 37
1 A Psalm of David himself. Do not choose to imitate the malicious; neither should you envy those who work iniquity.
| לדוד אל תתחר במרעים אל תקנא בעשי עולה׃ |
2 For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.
| כי כחציר מהרה ימלו וכירק דשא יבולון׃ |
3 Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.
| בטח ביהוה ועשה טוב שכן ארץ ורעה אמונה׃ |
4 Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
| והתענג על יהוה ויתן לך משאלת לבך׃ |
5 Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.
| גול על יהוה דרכך ובטח עליו והוא יעשה׃ |
6 And he will bring forth your justice like the light, and your judgment like the midday.
| והוציא כאור צדקך ומשפטך כצהרים׃ |
7 Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way, with the man who does injustice.
| דום ליהוה והתחולל לו אל תתחר במצליח דרכו באיש עשה מזמות׃ |
8 Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious.
| הרף מאף ועזב חמה אל תתחר אך להרע׃ |
9 For those who are malicious will be exterminated. But those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.
| כי מרעים יכרתון וקוי יהוה המה יירשו ארץ׃ |
10 Yet still a little while, and the sinner will not be. And you will search his place and find nothing.
| ועוד מעט ואין רשע והתבוננת על מקומו ואיננו׃ |
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, and they will delight in the multitude of peace.
| וענוים יירשו ארץ והתענגו על רב שלום׃ |
12 The sinner will observe the just, and he will gnash his teeth over him.
| זמם רשע לצדיק וחרק עליו שניו׃ |
13 But the Lord will laugh at him: for he knows in advance that his day will come.
| אדני ישחק לו כי ראה כי יבא יומו׃ |
14 The sinners have drawn the sword, they have bent their bow, so as to cast down the poor and the needy, so as to massacre the upright of heart.
| חרב פתחו רשעים ודרכו קשתם להפיל עני ואביון לטבוח ישרי דרך׃ |
15 Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
| חרבם תבוא בלבם וקשתותם תשברנה׃ |
16 A little is better to the just than the many riches of sinners.
| טוב מעט לצדיק מהמון רשעים רבים׃ |
17 For the arms of sinners will be crushed, but the Lord confirms the just.
| כי זרועות רשעים תשברנה וסומך צדיקים יהוה׃ |
18 The Lord knows the days of the immaculate, and their inheritance will be in eternity.
| יודע יהוה ימי תמימם ונחלתם לעולם תהיה׃ |
19 They will not be confounded in an evil time; and in days of famine, they will be satisfied:
| לא יבשו בעת רעה ובימי רעבון ישבעו׃ |
20 for sinners will perish. Truly, the adversaries of the Lord, soon after they have been honored and exalted, will fade away, in the same way that smoke fades away.
| כי רשעים יאבדו ואיבי יהוה כיקר כרים כלו בעשן כלו׃ |
21 The sinner will lend and not release, but the just one shows compassion and donates.
| לוה רשע ולא ישלם וצדיק חונן ונותן׃ |
22 For those who bless him will inherit the earth, but those who curse him will perish.
| כי מברכיו יירשו ארץ ומקלליו יכרתו׃ |
23 The steps of a man will be directed by the Lord, and he will choose his way.
| מיהוה מצעדי גבר כוננו ודרכו יחפץ׃ |
24 When he falls, he will not be harmed, because the Lord places his hand under him.
| כי יפל לא יוטל כי יהוה סומך ידו׃ |
25 I have been young, and now I am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his offspring seeking bread.
| נער הייתי גם זקנתי ולא ראיתי צדיק נעזב וזרעו מבקש לחם׃ |
26 He shows compassion and lends, all day long, and his offspring will be in blessing.
| כל היום חונן ומלוה וזרעו לברכה׃ |
27 Turn away from evil and do good, and dwell forever and ever.
| סור מרע ועשה טוב ושכן לעולם׃ |
28 For the Lord loves judgment, and he will not abandon his saints. They will be kept safe in eternity. The unjust will be punished, and the offspring of the impious will perish.
| כי יהוה אהב משפט ולא יעזב את חסידיו לעולם נשמרו וזרע רשעים נכרת׃ |
29 But the just will inherit the earth, and they will dwell upon it forever and ever.
| צדיקים יירשו ארץ וישכנו לעד עליה׃ |
30 The mouth of the just one will express wisdom, and his tongue will speak judgment.
| פי צדיק יהגה חכמה ולשונו תדבר משפט׃ |
31 The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.
| תורת אלהיו בלבו לא תמעד אשריו׃ |
32 The sinner considers the just one and seeks to put him to death.
| צופה רשע לצדיק ומבקש להמיתו׃ |
33 But the Lord will not abandon him into his hands, nor condemn him, when he will be judged.
| יהוה לא יעזבנו בידו ולא ירשיענו בהשפטו׃ |
34 Wait for the Lord, and keep to his way. And he will exalt you, so as to inherit the land that you may seize. When the sinners will have passed away, then you shall see.
| קוה אל יהוה ושמר דרכו וירוממך לרשת ארץ בהכרת רשעים תראה׃ |
35 I have seen the impious over-exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Lebanon.
| ראיתי רשע עריץ ומתערה כאזרח רענן׃ |
36 And I passed by, and behold, he was not. And I sought him, and his place was not found.
| ויעבר והנה איננו ואבקשהו ולא נמצא׃ |
37 Keep to innocence, and gaze upon fairness: because there are allotments for the peaceful man.
| שמר תם וראה ישר כי אחרית לאיש שלום׃ |
38 But the unjust will be destroyed together: the allotments of the impious will pass away.
| ופשעים נשמדו יחדו אחרית רשעים נכרתה׃ |
39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in time of tribulation.
| ותשועת צדיקים מיהוה מעוזם בעת צרה׃ |
40 And the Lord will help them and free them. And he will rescue them from sinners and save them, because they have hoped in him.
| ויעזרם יהוה ויפלטם יפלטם מרשעים ויושיעם כי חסו בו׃ |
