'Wicked' in the Bible

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies on the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.

Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices.

Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'

Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!

From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

In whose hand is a wicked device, And their right hand is full of bribes.

Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

Many are the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.

Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, 'Fear of God is not before his eyes,

Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.

Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

Better is the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.

O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

Lo, these are the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.

I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

For a cup is in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!

Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

Let the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.

But with thine eyes thou lookest, And the reward of the wicked thou seest,

When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

Till when do the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

To give rest to him from days of evil, While a pit is digged for the wicked.

They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!

Consumed are sinners from the earth, And the wicked are no more. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah. Praise ye Jehovah!

And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked.

Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.

In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.

Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.

Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.

Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.

Far from the wicked is salvation, For Thy statutes they have not sought.

Jehovah is righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!

Preserve me, Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked, From one of violence Thou keepest me, Who have devised to overthrow my steps.

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

The wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!

Jehovah preserveth all those loving Him, And all the wicked He destroyeth.

Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.

Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.