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\d A psalm written by David
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\b
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\q1
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\v 1 Do not be bothered by what wicked people do.
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\q2 Do not desire to have the things that people who do wrong have
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\v 2 because they will soon disappear like grass withers in the hot sun and dries up.
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\q2 Just like some green plants come up but die during the hot summer,
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\q2 evil people will soon die also.
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\q1
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\v 3 Trust in Yahweh and do what is good;
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\q2 if you do that, you will live safely in the land that he has given you,
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\q2 and you will live peacefully .
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\q1
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\v 4 Be delighted with all that Yahweh does for you;
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\q2 if you do that, he will give you the things that you desire most.
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\q1
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\v 5 Commit to Yahweh all the things that you plan to do;
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\q2 trust in him,
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\q2 and he will do whatever is needed to help you.
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\q1
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\v 6 He will show as clearly as the sunlight that you are innocent;
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\q2 he will show as clearly as the sun at noontime
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\q2 that all the things that you have decided are just.
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\q1
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\v 7 Be quiet in Yahweh's presence and wait patiently for him to do what you want him to do.
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\q2 Do not be bothered when what evil men do is successful,
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\q2 when they are able to do the wicked things that they plan.
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\v 8 Do not be angry about what wicked people do.
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\q2 Do not want to punish them yourself.
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\q2 Do not be envious of such people
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\q2 because you will only harm yourself if you try to do that.
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\v 9 Someday Yahweh will get rid of wicked people,
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\q2 but those who trust in him will live safely in the land that he has given to them.
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\v 10 Soon the wicked will disappear.
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\q2 You will look for them, but they will be gone.
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\v 11 But those who are humble will live safely in their land.
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\q2 They will happily enjoy living peacefully and having the other good things that Yahweh gives them.
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\v 12 Wicked people plan to harm righteous people;
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\q2 they snarl at them like wild animals.
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\v 13 But Yahweh laughs at them
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\q2 because he knows that someday he will judge and punish the wicked people.
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\v 14 Wicked people pull out their swords
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\q2 and they put strings on their bows,
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\q1 ready to kill people who are poor
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\q2 and to slaughter those who live righteously.
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\v 15 But they will be killed by their own swords,
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\q2 and their bows will be broken.
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\v 16 It is good to be righteous even if you do not have many possessions,
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\q2 but it is bad to be wicked even if you are very wealthy
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\v 17 because Yahweh will completely remove the strength of wicked people,
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\q2 but he will sustain people who live righteously.
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\v 18 Day by day Yahweh protects those who have not done any evil things;
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\q2 the things that Yahweh gives them will last forever.
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\v 19 They will survive when calamities occur;
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\q2 when there are famines, they will still have plenty to eat.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 20 But wicked people will die;
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\q2 just as the beautiful wild flowers in the fields die under the hot sun and disappear like smoke,
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\q2 Yahweh will cause his enemies to suddenly disappear.
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\q1
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\v 21 The wicked people borrow money, but they are not able to repay it;
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\q2 righteous people, in contrast, have enough money to give generously to others.
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\v 22 Those whom Yahweh has blessed will live safely in the land that he has given to them,
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\q2 but he will get rid of those people whom he has cursed.
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\b
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\v 23 Yahweh protects those who do what is pleasing to him,
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\q2 and he will enable them to walk confidently wherever they go;
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\v 24 even if they stumble, they will not fall down
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\q2 because Yahweh holds them by his hand.
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\v 25 I was young previously, and now I am an old man,
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\q2 but in all those years, I have never seen that righteous people have been abandoned by Yahweh,
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\q2 nor have I seen that their children needed to beg for food.
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\v 26 Righteous people are generous and happily lend money to others,
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\q2 and their children are a blessing to them.
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\v 27 Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good.
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\q2 If you do that, you and your descendants will live in your land forever.
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\v 28 This will happen because Yahweh likes to see people doing what is just,
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\q2 and he will never forsake righteous people.
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\q1 He will protect them forever;
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\q2 but he will get rid of the children of wicked people.
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\v 29 Righteous people will own the land that Yahweh promised to give to them,
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\q2 and they will live there forever.
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\v 30 Righteous people give wise advice to others,
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\q2 and they encourage other people to live rightly.
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\v 31 They fill their minds with God's laws;
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\q2 they do not stray from walking on God's path.
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\v 32 Those who are evil wait in ambush for righteous people
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\q2 in order to kill them as they walk by.
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\v 33 But Yahweh will not abandon righteous people
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\q2 and let them fall into their enemies' hands.
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\q1 He will not allow righteous people to be condemned
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\q2 when someone takes them to a judge to be put on trial.
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\v 34 Be patient and trust that Yahweh will help you,
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\q2 and walk on his paths.
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\q1 If you do that, he will honor you by giving you the land that he promised,
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\q2 and when he gets rid of the wicked, you will see it happen.
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\v 35 I have seen that wicked people who act like tyrants sometimes prosper like trees that grow well in fertile soil,
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\v 36 but when I looked later, they were gone!
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\q2 I searched for them, but Yahweh had caused them to disappear.
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\v 37 Notice the people who have not done evil things, those who act righteously;
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\q2 their descendants will have peace in their inner beings.
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\v 38 But Yahweh will get rid of the wicked;
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\q2 he will also get rid of their descendants.
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\v 39 Yahweh rescues righteous people;
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\q2 in times of trouble he protects them.
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\v 40 Yahweh helps them and saves them;
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\q2 he rescues them from being attacked by wicked people
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\q2 because they go to him to be protected.
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