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For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.

The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

The Lord laugheth at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.

The steps of a man are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way:

though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth his hand.

I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.

for Jehovah loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: They are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment;

the law of his God is in his heart; his goings shall not slide.

Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].

But I, as a deaf [man], hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.

Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.