Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.

When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps.

Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!

A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.

It is higher than the heavens – what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol – what can you know?

They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?

He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly.

Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth.

They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

The Lord works everything for its own ends – even the wicked for the day of disaster.