Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. {Rest in: Heb. Be silent to}

Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of {thy} judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? {wherefore} are all they happy that deal very treacherously? {talk...: or, reason the case with thee}

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but {be thou} in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

[{A Psalm} of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. {the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence}

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? {to envy: or, enviously?}

[{A Psalm} of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. {Rest in: Heb. Be silent to}

Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.

Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of {thy} judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? {wherefore} are all they happy that deal very treacherously? {talk...: or, reason the case with thee}

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

All {things come} alike to all: {there is} one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as {is} the good, so {is} the sinner; {and} he that sweareth, as {he} that feareth an oath.

Fret not thyself because of evil {men}, neither be thou envious at the wicked; {Fret...: or, Keep not company with the wicked}

From men {which are} thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, {which have} their portion in {this} life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid {treasure}: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their {substance} to their babes. {which are: or, by} {they...: or, their children are full}

All {things} have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just {man} that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked {man} that prolongeth {his life} in his wickedness.

And {there was} a man in Maon, whose possessions {were} in Carmel; and the man {was} very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. {possessions: or, business}

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, {and} who {is} he?

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. {the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence}

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but {be thou} in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just {men}, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked {men}, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also {is} vanity.

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause {me} to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence {are} before me: and there are {that} raise up strife and contention.

{Thou art} of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, {and} holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth {the man that is} more righteous than he? {iniquity: or, grievance}

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied {him}? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil {is} good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where {is} the God of judgment?

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. {in...: Heb. before thine eyes}

He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

{Though} it be given him {to be} in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes {are} upon their ways.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

He {is} green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, {There is} no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, {there is} none that doeth good.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, {are} in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred {by} all {that is} before them. {I considered...: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart}