רָשָׁע

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”

“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’

Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.

“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

Who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?

He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

He doesn’t preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the afflicted.

“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?”

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Yahweh examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;

I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Let me not be disappointed, Yahweh, for I have called on you. Let the wicked be disappointed. Let them be silent in Sheol.

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.