10. Soon the wicked will disappear;you may look for them, but you won't find them;
11. the humble will possess the landand enjoy prosperity and peace.
12. The wicked plot against good peopleand glare at them with hate.
13. But the Lord laughs at wicked people,because he knows they will soon be destroyed.
14. The wicked draw their swords and bend their bowsto kill the poor and needy,to slaughter those who do what is right;
15. but they will be killed by their own swords,and their bows will be smashed.
16. The little that a good person ownsis worth more than the wealth of all the wicked,
17. because the Lord will take away the strength of the wicked,but protect those who are good.
18. The Lord takes care of those who obey him,and the land will be theirs for ever.
19. They will not suffer when times are bad;they will have enough in time of famine.
20. But the wicked will die;the enemies of the Lord will vanish like wild flowers;they will disappear like smoke.
21. The wicked borrow and never pay back,but good people are generous with their gifts.
22. Those who are blessed by the Lord will possess the land,but those who are cursed by him will be driven out.
23. The Lord guides people in the way they should goand protects those who please him.
24. If they fall, they will not stay down,because the Lord will help them up.
25. I am old now; I have lived a long time,but I have never seen good people abandoned by the Lordor their children begging for food.