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

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

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.

Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.

Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

All those who behave wickedly do not understand – those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.

I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!

All those who behave wickedly do not understand – those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to God.

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power,

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.