GOODMORNING

By David.)

Trust the LORD

¹Don’t be annoyed by anyone

who does wrong,

and don’t envy them.

²They will soon disappear

like grass without rain.

³Trust the LORD and live right!

The land will be yours,

and you will be safe.

⁴Do what the LORD wants,

and he will give you

your heart’s desire.

⁵Let the LORD lead you

and trust him to help.

⁶Then it will be as clear

as the noonday sun

that you were right.

⁷Be patient and trust the LORD.

Don’t let it bother you

when all goes well for those

who do sinful things.

⁸Don’t be angry or furious.

Anger can lead to sin.

⁹All sinners will disappear,

but if you trust the LORD,

the land will be yours.

¹⁰Sinners will soon disapper

never to be found,

but if you trust the LORD,

the land will be yours.

¹¹but the poor will take the land

and enjoy a big harvest.

¹²Merciless people make plots

against good people

and snarl like animals,

¹³but the Lord laughs and knows

their time is coming soon.

¹⁴The wicked kill with swords

and shoot arrows

to murder

the poor and the needy

and all who do right

¹⁵But they will be killed

by their own swords,

and their arrows

will be broken.

¹⁶It is better to live right

and be poor

than to be sinful and rich.

¹⁷The wicked will lose all

of their power,

but the LORD gives strength

to everyone who is good.

¹⁸Those who obey the LORD

are daily in his care,

and what he has given them

will be theirs forever.

¹⁹They won’t be in trouble

when times are bad,

and they will have plenty

when food is scarce.

²⁰Wicked people are enemies

of the LORD

and will vanish like smoke

from a field on fire.

²¹An evil person borrows

and never pays back;

a good person is generous

and never stops giving.

²²Everyone the LORD blesses

will receive the land;

everyone the LORD curses

will be destroyed.

²³If you do what the LORD wants,

he will make certain

each step you take is sure.

²⁴The LORD will hold your hand,

and if you stumble,

you still won’t fall.

²⁵As long as I can remember,

good people have never

been left helpless,

and their children have never

gone begging for food.

²⁶They gladly give and lend,

and their children

turn out good.

²⁷If you stop sinning

and start doing right,

you will keep living

and be secure forever.

²⁸The LORD loves justice,

and he won’t ever desert

his faithful people.

He always protects them,

but destroys the children

of the wicked.

²⁹God’s people will own the land

and live here forever.

³⁰Words of wisdom come

when good people speak

for justice.

³¹They remember God’s teachings,

and they never take

a wrong step.

³²The wicked try to trap

and kill good people,

³³but the LORD is on their side,

and he will defend them

when they are on trial.

³⁴Trust the LORD and follow him.

He will give you the land,

and you will see

the wicked destroyed.

³⁵I have seen brutal people

abuse others

like trees in rich soil. ^{[a] 36}Suddenly they disappeared!

I looked, but they were gone

and no longer there.

³⁷Think of the bright future

waiting

for all the families

of honest

and innocent

and peace-loving people.

³⁸But not a trace will be left

of the wicked

or their families.

³⁹The LORD protects

his people,

and they can come to him

in times of trouble.

⁴⁰The LORD helps them

and saves them from the wicked

because they run to him.