Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, ¹  for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping! ² 

Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; ¹  you hate ²  all who behave wickedly. ³ 

Deliver me from evildoers! ¹  Rescue me from violent men! ² 

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers. ¹ 

They spew out threats ¹  and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. ² 

Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, ¹  who talk so friendly to their neighbors, ²  while they plan to harm them! ³ 

I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! ¹  They have been knocked down and are unable to get up! ² 

All those who behave wickedly ¹  do not understand ²  – 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 ¹  against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? ² 

All those who behave wickedly ¹  do not understand – ²  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, ¹  may the Lord remove them, ²  along with those who behave wickedly! ³  May Israel experience peace! ⁴ 

By David. Do not fret ²  when wicked men seem to succeed! ³  Do not envy evildoers!

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, ¹  it is so that they may be annihilated. ² 

Indeed, ¹  look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, ²  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. ¹ 

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

Love the Lord, all you faithful followers ¹  of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly. ² 

You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, ¹  the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish ²  all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)