<p class="poetry">When the wicked sprout up like grass,p> <p class="poetry">and all the evildoers glisten,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it is so that they may be annihilated.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You who love the <sc>Lordsc>, hate evil!p> <p class="poetry">He protects<n id="1" /> the lives of his faithful followers;p> <p class="poetry">he delivers them from the power<n id="2" /> of the wicked.p>

<p class="poetry">Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,p> <p class="poetry">and remove all evildoers from the city of the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">For they say cruel and deceptive things to me;p> <p class="poetry">they lie to me.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, shelter me from the power<n id="1" /> of the wicked!p> <p class="poetry">Protect me from violent men,p> <p class="poetry">who plan to knock me over.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, do not let the wicked have their way!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not allow their<n id="2" /> plan to succeed when they attack!<n id="3" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> protects those who love him,p> <p class="poetry">but he destroys all the wicked.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> protects those residing outside their native land;p> <p class="poetry">he lifts up the fatherless and the widow,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but he opposes the wicked.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">A wicked person<n id="1" /> shows boldness with his face,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but as for the upright,<n id="3" /> he discerns<n id="4" /> his ways.p>

<p class="poetry">Like<n id="1" /> a roaring lion or a roving bear,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If the wicked are shown mercy,p> <p class="poetry">they do not learn about justice.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they do not see the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s majesty revealed.p>

<p class="poetry">But the wicked are like a surging seap> <p class="poetry">that is unable to be quiet;p> <p class="poetry">its waves toss up mud and sand.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people.p> <p class="poetry">They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They set deadly traps<n id="2" /> to catch people.p>

<p class="poetry">But just watch!<n id="1" /> The wrath of the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">will come like a storm!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Like a raging storm it will rage down<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">on the heads of those who are wicked.p>

<p class="poetry">Just watch! The wrath of the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">will come like a storm.p> <p class="poetry">Like a raging storm it will rage downp> <p class="poetry">on the heads of those who are wicked.p>

Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?p>

When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

Suppose I say to the wicked, &#8216;You must certainly die,&#8217; but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.

When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I will not overlook,<n id="1" /> O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.<n id="3" />p>