Psalm 37:7-20

⁷ Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs. ⁸ Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin. ⁹ For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage. ¹⁰ For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there. ¹¹ But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure. ¹² The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him. ¹³ He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming. ¹⁴ The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways. ¹⁵ But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken. ¹⁶ The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers. ¹⁷ For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good. ¹⁸ The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever. ¹⁹ They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough. ²⁰ But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.