ll exalt thee to
inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.

36:35. I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted ukp like the
cedars of Libanus.

36:36. And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his
place was not found.

36:37. Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for
the peaceable man.

36:38. But the unjust shall be destroyed to gether: the remnants of the
wicked shall perish.

36:39. But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their
protector in the time of trouble.

36:40. And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue
them from the wicked, and save them because they have hoped in him.

Psalms Chapter 37

Domine, ne in furore.

A prayer of a penitent for the remission of his sins. The third
penitential psalm.

37:1. A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath.

For a remembrance... Viz., of our miseries and sins: and to be sung on
the sabbath day.

37:2. Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy
wrath.

37:3. For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong
upon me.

37:4. There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath: there is no
peace for my bones, because of my sins.

37:5. For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are
become heavy upon me.

37:6. My sores are putrified and corrupted, because of my foolishness.

37:7. I am bcome miserable, and am bowed down even to the end: I walked
sorrowfull all the day long.

37:8. For my loins are filled with illusions; and there isno health in
my flesh.

37:9. I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning
of my heart.

37:10. Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden
from thee.

37:11. My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of
my eyes itself is not with me.

37:12. My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against
me. And they that were near me stood afar off:

37:13. And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought
evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

37:14. But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and as a dumb man not opening
his mouth.

37:15. And I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs
in his mouth.

37:16. For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my
God.

37:17. For I said: Lest at any time my enemi