Wicked

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.

For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”

Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

…at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.

The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”

Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.

You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

…that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.

How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?

How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?

…to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.

The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.

The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

…but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

…a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.

The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.

The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.

The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.

The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.