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

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

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

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

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

Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

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.

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

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.

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!

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

Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!

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

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies –

This is the Lord’s gate – the godly enter through it.

Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.

that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer.