The Short-Lived Triumph of the Wicked

Psalms 37:12-20

The wicked plots against the righteous and grinds his teeth at him;

but Adonai laughs at the wicked, knowing his day will come.

The wicked have unsheathed their swords, they have strung their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slaughter those whose way is upright.

But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Better the little that the righteous has than the wealth of all the wicked.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but ADONAI upholds the righteous.

ADONAI knows what the wholehearted suffer, but their inheritance lasts forever.

They will not be distressed when times are hard; when famine comes, they will have plenty.

For the wicked will perish; ADONAI's enemies will be like sheep fat, ending up as smoke, finished.