Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Psalm 37 :: New International Version (NIV)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1 - [fn]Of David. Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 - Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:4 - Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:5 - Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:6 - He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:7 - Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9 - For those who are evil will be destroyed, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10 - A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:11 - But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy peace and prosperity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:12 - The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:13 - but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 - But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:17 - for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:18 - The blameless spend their days under the LORD’s care, and their inheritance will endure forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19 - In times of disaster they will not wither; in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:20 - But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:21 - The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22 - those the LORD blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:23 - The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:24 - though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 - I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:26 - They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:27 - Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 - For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[fn]; the offspring of the wicked will perish.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:29 - The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30 - The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:31 - The law of their God is in their hearts; their feet do not slip.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32 - The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, intent on putting them to death;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:33 - but the LORD will not leave them in the power of the wicked or let them be condemned when brought to trial.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34 - Hope in the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:35 - I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:36 - but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:37 - Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:38 - But all sinners will be destroyed; there will be no future[fn] for the wicked.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:40 - The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Or freely; / the names of their children will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or freely; / others will see that their children are blessed
See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever
Or upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity
Or posterity
NIV

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV®
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.


See detailed copyright information.

For more information on this translation, see the NIV Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Psalm Chapter 37 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras