Psalms 5:5

5:5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; ¹ 

you hate ²  all who behave wickedly. ³ 

Psalms 59:2

59:2 Deliver me from evildoers! ⁴ 

Rescue me from violent men! ⁵ 

Psalms 64:2

64:2 Hide me from the plots of evil men,

from the crowd of evildoers. ⁶ 

Psalms 94:4

94:4 They spew out threats ⁷  and speak defiantly;

all the evildoers boast. ⁸ 

Psalms 28:3

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

with those who behave wickedly, ⁹ 

who talk so friendly to their neighbors, ¹⁰ 

while they plan to harm them! ¹¹ 

[5:5]  ¹ tn Heb “before your eyes.”

[5:5]  ² sn You hate. The Lord “hates” the wicked in the sense that he despises their wicked character and deeds and actively opposes and judges them for their wickedness. See Ps 11:5.

[5:5]  ³ tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.”

[59:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the workers of wickedness.”

[59:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “from men of bloodshed.”

[64:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[94:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they gush forth [words].”

[94:4]  ¹¹ tn The Hitpael of אָמַר (’amar) occurs only here (and perhaps in Isa 61:6).

[28:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[28:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “speakers of peace with their neighbors.”

[28:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and evil [is] in their heart[s].”