³ Trust in the Lord and do good;
    dwell in the land^(A) and enjoy safe pasture.^(B)
4 Take delight^(C) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.^(D)

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him^(E) and he will do this:
⁶ He will make your righteous reward^(F) shine like the dawn,^(G)
    your vindication like the noonday sun.

⁷ Be still^(H) before the Lord
    and wait patiently^(I) for him;
do not fret^(J) when people succeed in their ways,^(K)
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.^(L)

⁸ Refrain from anger^(M) and turn from wrath;
    do not fret^(N)—it leads only to evil.
⁹ For those who are evil will be destroyed,^(O)
    but those who hope^(P) in the Lord will inherit the land.^(Q)

¹⁰ A little while, and the wicked will be no more;^(R)
    though you look for them, they will not be found.
¹¹ But the meek will inherit the land^(S)
    and enjoy peace and prosperity.^(T)

¹² The wicked plot^(U) against the righteous
    and gnash their teeth^(V) at them;
¹³ but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
    for he knows their day is coming.^(W)

¹⁴ The wicked draw the sword^(X)
    and bend the bow^(Y)
to bring down the poor and needy,^(Z)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.
¹⁵ But their swords will pierce their own hearts,^(AA)
    and their bows will be broken.^(AB)

¹⁶ Better the little that the righteous have
    than the wealth^(AC) of many wicked;
¹⁷ for the power of the wicked will be broken,^(AD)
    but the Lord upholds^(AE) the righteous.

¹⁸ The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care,^(AF)
    and their inheritance will endure forever.^(AG)
19 In times of disaster they will not wither;
    in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

²⁰ But the wicked will perish:^(AH)
    Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
    they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.^(AI)

²¹ The wicked borrow and do not repay,
    but the righteous give generously;^(AJ)
22 those the Lord blesses will inherit the land,
    but those he curses^(AK) will be destroyed.^(AL)

²³ The Lord makes firm the steps^(AM)
    of the one who delights^(AN) in him;
²⁴ though he may stumble, he will not fall,^(AO)
    for the Lord upholds^(AP) him with his hand.

²⁵ I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken^(AQ)
    or their children begging^(AR) bread.
²⁶ They are always generous and lend freely;^(AS)
    their children will be a blessing.^[a](AT)