Psalm 37.  This wisdom psalm from David encourages believers to think rightly about their future and that of the wicked. we need to stop worrying about wicked people and envying their strength and possessions. They may seem strong and secure now, but they will shrivel up like a dead plant (2).  They will be cut off (a metaphor for death) (9,22,28,38). They will be no more (10). They will not be at their place (10). Their day is coming (13).  Their weapons will be turned against them ((15). Their strong arms will be broken (17).  They will perish, vanish like smoke (20).  They will pass away and be no more, be looked for and not found (36).  They will be altogether destroyed (38).  They may have a glorious present, but they will have no future (38).

LORD, help us to consistently trust in you, for only in you is there a future.