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"Be still before Jehovah God and wait patiently for him," Psalm 37:7.

As compared to what? Well, what it says is, as compared to fretting oneself over the bad guys planning to prosper doing evil against others. Don't worry about the bad guys. Stewing over them just leads to more evil. Envy - that's what it's really about - Don't envy wrongdoers. Ok, Ok! So what are we supposed to do instead? Here's what it says: Refrain from anger. Forsake rage. And do this: Trust in the Lord. Befriend faithfulness. Delight in the Lord. Commit to the Lord. Trust in the Lord. Don't worry: God will take care of business. One day you'll look around and - whaddya know? - the bad guys are gone. Their plots against blameless people came to nothing. God laughed at them. He pierced them with their own swords and smashed their bows to bits. So what to do? Well, this: Turn from evil, do good. God will do it.

With a brother or sister today, even as we witness evil, we do not despair, we commit to the Lord's way, we keep doing the good anyway. And, together, living still before the Lord, we give thanks to him.