1. A Psalm of David himself. Do not choose to imitate the malicious; neither should you envy those who work iniquity.
2. For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.
3. Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.
4. Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
5. Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.
6. And he will bring forth your justice like the light, and your judgment like the midday.
7. Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Do not choose to compete with him who prospers in his way, with the man who does injustice.
8. Cease from wrath and leave behind rage. Do not choose to imitate the malicious.
9. For those who are malicious will be exterminated. But those who remain with the Lord, these will inherit the land.
10. Yet still a little while, and the sinner will not be. And you will search his place and find nothing.
11. But the meek shall inherit the earth, and they will delight in the multitude of peace.
12. The sinner will observe the just, and he will gnash his teeth over him.
13. But the Lord will laugh at him: for he knows in advance that his day will come.