Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Psalms 37:5-23 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

5. Let the Lord lead youand trust him to help.

6. Then it will be as clearas the noonday sunthat you were right.

7. Be patient and trust the Lord.Don't let it bother youwhen all goes well for thosewho do sinful things.

8. Don't be angry or furious.Anger can lead to sin.

9. All sinners will disappear,but if you trust the Lord,the land will be yours.

10. Sinners will soon disappear,never to be found,

11. but the poor will take the landand enjoy a big harvest.

12. Merciless people make plotsagainst good peopleand snarl like animals,

13. but the Lord laughs and knowstheir time is coming soon.

14. The wicked kill with swordsand shoot arrows to murderthe poor and the needyand all who do right.

15. But they will be killedby their own swords,and their arrowswill be broken.

16. It is better to live rightand be poorthan to be sinful and rich.

17. The wicked will lose allof their power,but the Lord gives strengthto everyone who is good.

18. Those who obey the Lordare daily in his care,and what he has given themwill be theirs for ever.

19. They won't be in troublewhen times are bad,and they will have plentywhen food is scarce.

20. Wicked people are enemiesof the Lordand will vanish like smokefrom a field on fire.

21. An evil person borrowsand never pays back;a good person is generousand never stops giving.

22. Everyone the Lord blesseswill receive the land;everyone the Lord curseswill be destroyed.

23. If you do what the Lord wants,he will make certaineach step you take is sure.