Psalms 139:19

139:19 If only ¹  you would kill the wicked, O God!

Get away from me, you violent men! ² 

[139:19]  ¹ tn The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (see Pss 81:8; 95:7, as well as GKC 321 §109.b).

[139:19]  ² tn Heb “men of bloodshed.”