Delight Yourself in the LORD
(1 Kings 2:1–9)

1Of Dauid. Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers.

2For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.

3Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth.

4Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire.

5Commit thy way vnto God: and put thy trust in hym, and he shall bryng it to passe.

6He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light: and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde.

7Holde thee still in God, and wayte paciently vpon him: fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper, at the man that doth abhominations.

8Leaue of from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thy selfe, lest thou be moued to do euill.

9For the malitious doers shalbe rooted out: and they that paciently wayte after God, they shall inherite the lande.

10Looke at them yet a litle whyle, and the vngodly shalbe cleane gone: thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be there

11But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace.

12The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust: and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth.

13The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth that his day is comming.

14The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.

15But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart: & their bow shalbe broken.

16A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.

17For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.

18God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect: and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer.

19They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme: and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough.

20As for the vngodly they shall perishe, and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes: yea, euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away.

21The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne: but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally.

22Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande: and they that be cursed of hym, shalbe rooted out.

23The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth.

24Though he fall, he shall not be vndone: for God vpholdeth him with his hande.

25I haue ben a young chylde, and nowe I am olde: and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begyng bread.

26The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.

27Flee from euill & do good: and dwell for euer.

28For God loueth iudgement, he forsaketh not his saintes: they are preserued for euermore, but the seede of the vngodlye shalbe rooted vp.

29The righteous shal inherite the land: and dwell therin for euer.

30The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.

31The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide.

32The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym.

33God wyll not leaue him in his hande: nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged.

34Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it.

35I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree.

36And he vanished away, so that he could be no more seene: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.

37Marke hym that is perfect, and beholde him that is iust: for the ende of suche a man is peace.

38As for wicked transgressours, they shalbe destroyed all together: and the ende of the vngodly shalbe rooted vp at the last.

39But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble.

40And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him.