5. Depend on the Lord.Trust him, and he will take care of you.
6. Then your goodness will shine like the sun.Your fairness will shine like the noonday sun.
7. Wait and trust the Lord.Don’t be upset when others get richor when someone else’s plans succeed.
8. Don’t get angry.Don’t be upset; it only leads to trouble.
9. Evil people will be sent away.But people who trust the Lord will inherit the land.
10. In a little while there will be no more wicked people.You may look for them, but they will be gone.
11. People who are not proud will inherit the land.They will enjoy complete peace.
12. The wicked make evil plans against good people.They grind their teeth at them in anger.
13. But the Lord laughs at the wicked.He sees that their day is coming.
14. The wicked draw their swords.They bend their bows.They try to kill the poor and helpless.They want to kill those who are honest.
15. But their swords will stab their own hearts.Their bows will break.
16. It’s better to have little and be rightthan to have much and be wrong.
17. The power of the wicked will be broken.But the Lord supports those who do right.
18. The Lord watches over the lives of the innocent.Their reward will last forever.
19. They will not be ashamed when trouble comes.They will be full in times of hunger.
20. But the wicked will die.The Lord’s enemies will be like the flowers of the fields.They will disappear like smoke.
21. The wicked people borrow but don’t pay back.But those who do right give freely to others.
22. Those people the Lord blesses will inherit the land.But those he curses will be sent away.
23. When a man’s steps follow the Lord,God is pleased with his ways.
24. If he stumbles, he will not fall,because the Lord holds his hand.