The Short-Lived Triumph of the Wicked

Psalms 37:12-20

The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.

The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.

A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.