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.

[6:8]  ¹ tn Heb “all [you] workers of wickedness.” See Ps 5:5.

[6:8]  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.

[119:115]  ³ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:115]  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.”

[7:23]  ⁵ tn Grk “workers of lawlessness.”

[25:41]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[25:2]  ⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[25:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “Five of them.”

[1:17]  ⁹ tn BDAG 973 s.v. συνίστημι B.3 suggests “continue, endure, exist, hold together” here.