n the
land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thou in the Lord: and he shall give thee thy heart's
desire.

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him: and he
shall bring it to pass.

6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light: and thy
just dealing as the noon-day.

7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him: but
grieve not thyself at him whose way doth prosper, against the man
that doeth after evil counsels.

8 Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thyself,
else shalt thou be moved to do evil.

9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out: and they that patiently abide
the Lord, those shall inherit the land.

10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone: thou
shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.

11 But the meek-spirited shall possess the earth: and shall be
refreshed in the multitude of peace.

12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just: and gnasheth upon
him with his teeth.

13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn: for he hath seen that his day
is coming.

14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow:
to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right
conversation.

15 Their sword shall go through their own heart: and their bow
shall be broken.

16 A small thing that the righteous hath: is better than great
riches of the ungodly.

17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken: and the Lord
upholdeth the righteous.

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly: and their inheritance
shall endure for ever.

19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time: and in the
days of dearth they shall have enough.

20 As for the ungodly; they shall perish; and the enemies of the
Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs: yea, even as the smoke
shall they consume away.

21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous
is merciful and liberal.

22 Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land: and they that
are cursed of him shall be rooted out.

23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going: and maketh his way
acceptable to himself.

24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away: for the Lord
upholdeth him with his hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old: and yet saw I never the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.

26 The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth: and his seed is
blessed.

27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good