Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.
They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.
Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his right hand to say evil of him.
Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.
The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed, for his hope is in the Lord.
On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.
Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.
Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.
Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules.
Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant gives thought to your rules.
They do no evil; they go in his ways.
Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.
The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.
All your teachings are certain; they go after me with evil design; give me your help.
The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will take care of your soul.
For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.
But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.
The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.
The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name.
The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.
<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:
Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.
O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. (Selah.)
As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.
<To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.
The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.
Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.
For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,
Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.
You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.
From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.
The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.
Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.
For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.
In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.
Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.
Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.
Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
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