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 For evildoers shall be cut off, * but those who wait upon the shall possess the land.

In a little while the wicked shall be no more; * you shall search out their place, but they will not be there.

But the lowly shall possess the land; * they will delight in abundance of peace.

The wicked plot against the righteous * and gnash at them with their teeth.

The Lord laughs at the wicked, * because he sees that their day will come.

The wicked draw their sword and bend their bow to strike down the poor and needy, * to slaughter those who are upright in their ways.

Their sword shall go through their own heart, * and their bow shall be broken.

The little that the righteous has * is better than great riches of the wicked.

For the power of the wicked shall be broken, * but the upholds the righteous.

Psalm 37: Part II

The cares for the lives of the godly, * and their inheritance shall last for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in bad times, * and in days of famine they shall have enough.

As for the wicked, they shall perish, * and the enemies of the, like the glory of the meadows, shall vanish; they shall vanish like smoke.