For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.

The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah)

Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself, “You will not hold me accountable.”

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!

Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

But evil men will die; the Lord’s enemies will be incinerated – they will go up in smoke.

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.

God says this to the evildoer: “How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

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!