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27 Turn from evil and do good,
so you may live forever.
28 For Adonai loves justice
    and does not abandon His godly ones.
They will be preserved forever,
    but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.
29 The righteous will inherit the land
and dwell in it forever.

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27 Turn from evil and do good;(A)
    then you will dwell in the land forever.(B)
28 For the Lord loves the just
    and will not forsake his faithful ones.(C)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed[a];
    the offspring of the wicked will perish.(D)
29 The righteous will inherit the land(E)
    and dwell in it forever.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:28 See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever