The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

I say to the proud, “Do not be proud,” and to the wicked, “Do not be so confident of victory!

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

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

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

For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah)

The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.

For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

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!

For the music director; written by the Lord’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, “I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.”

May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!