Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
For ye say, Where [is] the house of the prince? and where [are] the dwelling places of the wicked?
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
My desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Look on every one [that is] proud, [and] bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day.
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked.
When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.
Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Rest 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.
For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.
A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax melteth before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Mine eye also shall see [my desire] on mine enemies, [and] mine ears shall hear [my desire] of the wicked that rise up against me.
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person].
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. 140:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
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