Psalms 64:2

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

from the crowd of evildoers. ¹ 

Psalms 94:4

94:4 They spew out threats ²  and speak defiantly;

all the evildoers boast. ³ 

Psalms 95:9

95:9 where your ancestors challenged my authority, ⁴ 

and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.

Psalms 141:9

141:9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,

and the traps the evildoers have set. ⁵ 

Psalms 5:5

5:5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; ⁶ 

you hate ⁷  all who behave wickedly. ⁸ 

Psalms 6:8

6:8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, ⁹ 

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping! ¹⁰ 

Psalms 14:4

14:4 All those who behave wickedly ¹¹  do not understand – ¹² 

those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,

and do not call out to the Lord.

Psalms 36:12

36:12 I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! ¹³ 

They have been knocked down and are unable to get up! ¹⁴ 

Psalms 53:4

53:4 All those who behave wickedly ¹⁵  do not understand ¹⁶  –

those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,

and do not call out to God.

Psalms 92:7

92:7 When the wicked sprout up like grass,

and all the evildoers glisten, ¹⁷ 

it is so that they may be annihilated. ¹⁸ 

Psalms 94:16

94:16 Who will rise up to defend me ¹⁹  against the wicked?

Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? ²⁰ 

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 125:5

125:5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, ²¹ 

may the Lord remove them, ²²  along with those who behave wickedly! ²³ 

May Israel experience peace! ²⁴ 

Psalms 28:3

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

with those who behave wickedly, ²⁵ 

who talk so friendly to their neighbors, ²⁶ 

while they plan to harm them! ²⁷ 

Psalms 92:9

92:9 Indeed, ²⁸  look at your enemies, O Lord!

Indeed, ²⁹  look at how your enemies perish!

All the evildoers are scattered!

Psalms 141:4

141:4 Do not let me have evil desires, ³⁰ 

or participate in sinful activities

with men who behave wickedly. ³¹ 

I will not eat their delicacies. ³² 

[64:2]  ¹ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[94:4]  ² tn Heb “they gush forth [words].”

[94:4]  ³ tn The Hitpael of אָמַר (’amar) occurs only here (and perhaps in Isa 61:6).

[95:9]  ³ tn Heb “where your fathers tested me.”

[141:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the traps of the doers of evil.”

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “before your eyes.”

[5:5]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.”

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

[6:8]  ⁷ 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.

[14:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.” See Pss 5:5; 6:8.

[14:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “Do they not understand?” The rhetorical question (rendered in the translation as a positive affirmation) expresses the psalmist’s amazement at their apparent lack of understanding. This may refer to their lack of moral understanding, but it more likely refers to their failure to anticipate God’s defense of his people (see vv. 5-7).

[36:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “there the workers of wickedness have fallen.” The adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”) is used here for dramatic effect, as the psalmist envisions the evildoers lying fallen at a spot that is vivid in his imagination (BDB 1027 s.v.).

[36:12]  ⁹ tn The psalmist uses perfect verbal forms in v. 12 to describe the demise of the wicked as if it has already taken place.

[53:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “the workers of wickedness.” See Pss 5:5; 6:8. Ps 14:4 adds כֹּל (kol, “all of”) before “workers of wickedness.”

[53:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Do they not understand?” The rhetorical question expresses the psalmist’s amazement at their apparent lack of understanding. This may refer to their lack of moral understanding, but it more likely refers to their failure to anticipate God’s defense of his people (see vv. 5-6).

[92:7]  ¹⁰ tn Or “flourish.”

[92:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in order that they might be destroyed permanently.”

[94:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for me.”

[94:16]  ¹² sn Who will stand up for me…? The questions anticipate the answer, “No one except God” (see v. 17).

[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).

[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].”

[92:9]  ¹⁴ tn Or “for.”

[92:9]  ¹⁵ tn Or “for.”

[141:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “do not turn my heart toward an evil thing.”

[141:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to act sinfully in practices in wickedness with men, doers of evil.”

[141:4]  ¹⁷ sn Their delicacies. This probably refers to the enjoyment that a sinful lifestyle appears to offer.