Psalms 6:8

6:8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, ¹ 

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping! ² 

Psalms 119:115

119:115 Turn away from me, you evil men,

so that I can observe ³  the commands of my God. ⁴ 

Matthew 7:23

7:23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ ⁵ 

Matthew 25:41

25:41 “Then he will say ⁶  to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew 25:2

25:2 Five ⁷  of the virgins ⁸  were foolish, and five were wise.

Colossians 1:17

1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together ⁹  in him.

¹ tn Heb “all [you] workers of wickedness.” See Ps 5:5.

² sn The Lord has heard. The psalmist’s mood abruptly changes because the Lord responded positively to the lament and petition of vv. 1-7 and promised him deliverance.

³ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

⁴ tn The psalmist has already declared that he observes God’s commands despite persecution, so here the idea must be “so that I might observe the commands of my God unhindered by threats.”

⁵ tn Grk “workers of lawlessness.”

⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁸ tn Grk “Five of them.”

⁹ tn BDAG 973 s.v. συνίστημι B.3 suggests “continue, endure, exist, hold together” here.