Psalms 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.In other versions
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, `it tendeth' only to evil-doing.
ASV
Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
BBE
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it [would be] only to do evil.
DBY
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.
WEB
Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.
YLT
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any way to do evil.
ENG
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
WBT
Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
BSB
In context
6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7Rest 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.
8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.