Psalms 5:6

5:6 You destroy ¹  liars; ² 

the Lord despises ³  violent and deceitful people. ⁴ 

Psalms 6:8

6:8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, ⁵ 

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping! ⁶ 

Psalms 28:3

28:3 Do not drag me away with evil men,

with those who behave wickedly, ⁷ 

who talk so friendly to their neighbors, ⁸ 

while they plan to harm them! ⁹ 

Psalms 101:8

101:8 Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,

and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Psalms 119:115

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

so that I can observe ¹⁰  the commands of my God. ¹¹ 

Psalms 125:5

125:5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, ¹² 

may the Lord remove them, ¹³  along with those who behave wickedly! ¹⁴ 

May Israel experience peace! ¹⁵ 

Hosea 9:12

9:12 Even if they raise their children,

I will take away every last one of them. ¹⁶ 

Woe to them!

For I will turn away from them.

Matthew 25:41

25:41 “Then he will say ¹⁷  to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

[5:6]  ¹ tn The imperfect verbal form indicates God’s typical response to such individuals. Another option is to translate the verb as future (“You will destroy”); the psalmist may be envisioning a time of judgment when God will remove the wicked from the scene.

[5:6]  ² tn Heb “those who speak a lie.” In the OT a “lie” does not refer in a general philosophical sense to any statement that fails to correspond to reality. Instead it refers more specifically to a slanderous and/or deceitful statement that promotes one’s own selfish, sinful interests and/or exploits or harms those who are innocent. Note the emphasis on violence and deceit in the following line.

[5:6]  ³ tn The imperfect verbal form highlights the Lord’s characteristic attitude toward such individuals.

[5:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man of bloodshed and deceit.” The singular אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) is used here in a collective or representative sense; thus the translation “people” is appropriate here. Note the plural forms in vv. 5-6a.

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “all [you] workers of wickedness.” See Ps 5:5.

[6:8]  ⁶ 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.

[28:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[28:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “speakers of peace with their neighbors.”

[28:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “and evil [is] in their heart[s].”

[119:115]  ¹⁰ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:115]  ¹¹ 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.”

[125:5]  ¹² tn Heb “and the ones making their paths twisted.” A sinful lifestyle is compared to a twisting, winding road.

[125:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “lead them away.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer here (note the prayers directly before and after this). Another option is to translate, “the Lord will remove them” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

[125:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the workers of wickedness.”

[125:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 122:8 for a similar prayer for peace).

[9:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “I will bereave them from a man”; NRSV “I will bereave them until no one is left.”

[25:41]  ¹⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.