12. The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.
13. The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.
14. A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.
15. Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.
16. Better [is] the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.
17. For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.
18. Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is--to the age.
19. They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.
20. But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.
21. The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
22. For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.
23. From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.
24. When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.
25. Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.
26. All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed [is] for a blessing.
27. Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.
28. For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.
29. The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.