22 Those who are blessed by the LORD
will possess the land,
but those who are cursed by him
will be driven out.
23 The LORD guides us in the way we
should go
and protects those who please
him.
24 If they fall, they will not stay down.
because the LORD will help
them up.
25 I am old now; I have lived a long
time,
but I have never seen good
people abandoned by
the LORD
or their children begging for
food.
26 At all times they give freely and
lend to others,
and their children are a blessing.
27 Turn away from evil and do good,
and your descendants will
always live in the land;
28 for the LORD loves what is right
and does not abandon his
faithful people.
He protects them forever,
but the descendants of the
wicked will be driven out.
29 The righteous will possess the land
and live in it forever.
30 The words of good people are wise,
and they are always fair.
31 They keep the law of their God in
their hearts
and never depart from it.
32 Wicked people watch good people
and try to kill them;
33 but the LORD will not abandon
them to their enemy's power
or let them be condemned when
they are on trial.
34 Put your hope in the LORD and
obey his comands;
he will honor you by giving you
the land,
and you will see thr wicked
driven out
35 I once knew someone wicked who
was a tyrant;
he towered ver everyone like a
cedar of Lebanon;
36 but later I passed by, and he
wasn't there;
I looked for him, but couldn't
find him.
37 Notice good people, observe the
righteous;
peaceful people have
descendants,
38 bur sinners are completely
destroyed,
and their descendants are
wiped out.
39 The LORD saves the righteous
and protects them in times of
trouble.
40 He helps them and rescues them;
he saves them from the wicked,
because they go to him for
protection.
will possess the land,
but those who are cursed by him
will be driven out.
23 The LORD guides us in the way we
should go
and protects those who please
him.
24 If they fall, they will not stay down.
because the LORD will help
them up.
25 I am old now; I have lived a long
time,
but I have never seen good
people abandoned by
the LORD
or their children begging for
food.
26 At all times they give freely and
lend to others,
and their children are a blessing.
27 Turn away from evil and do good,
and your descendants will
always live in the land;
28 for the LORD loves what is right
and does not abandon his
faithful people.
He protects them forever,
but the descendants of the
wicked will be driven out.
29 The righteous will possess the land
and live in it forever.
30 The words of good people are wise,
and they are always fair.
31 They keep the law of their God in
their hearts
and never depart from it.
32 Wicked people watch good people
and try to kill them;
33 but the LORD will not abandon
them to their enemy's power
or let them be condemned when
they are on trial.
34 Put your hope in the LORD and
obey his comands;
he will honor you by giving you
the land,
and you will see thr wicked
driven out
35 I once knew someone wicked who
was a tyrant;
he towered ver everyone like a
cedar of Lebanon;
36 but later I passed by, and he
wasn't there;
I looked for him, but couldn't
find him.
37 Notice good people, observe the
righteous;
peaceful people have
descendants,
38 bur sinners are completely
destroyed,
and their descendants are
wiped out.
39 The LORD saves the righteous
and protects them in times of
trouble.
40 He helps them and rescues them;
he saves them from the wicked,
because they go to him for
protection.