1:4 Not so with the wicked!
Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.
6:7 My eyes grow dim from suffering;
they grow weak because of all my enemies.
9:3 When my enemies turn back,
they trip and are defeated before you.
9:20 Terrify them, Lord!
Let the nations know they are mere mortals! (Selah)
10:10 His victims are crushed and beaten down;
they are trapped in his sturdy nets.
12:4 They say, “We speak persuasively;
we know how to flatter and boast.
Who is our master?”
18:18 They confronted me in my day of calamity,
but the Lord helped me.
22:4 In you our ancestors trusted;
they trusted in you and you rescued them.
22:7 All who see me taunt me;
they mock me and shake their heads.
22:13 They open their mouths to devour me
like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
22:30 A whole generation will serve him;
they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord.
25:12 The Lord shows his faithful followers
the way they should live.
28:4 Pay them back for their evil deeds!
Pay them back for what they do!
Punish them!
35:5 May they be like wind-driven chaff,
as the Lord’s angel attacks them!
35:12 They repay me evil for the good I have done;
I am overwhelmed with sorrow.
35:16 When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly,
and tried to bite me.
37:2 For they will quickly dry up like grass,
and wither away like plants.
37:18 The Lord watches over the innocent day by day
and they possess a permanent inheritance.
49:6 They trust in their wealth
and boast in their great riches.
49:11 Their grave becomes their permanent residence,
their eternal dwelling place.
They name their lands after themselves,
49:12 but, despite their wealth, people do not last,
they are like animals that perish.
49:19 But he will join his ancestors;
they will never again see the light of day.
49:20 Wealthy people do not understand;
they are like animals that perish.
55:10 Day and night they walk around on its walls,
while wickedness and destruction are within it.
58:3 The wicked turn aside from birth;
liars go astray as soon as they are born.
62:12 and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love.
For you repay men for what they do.
63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life,
but they will descend into the depths of the earth.
64:7 But God will shoot at them;
suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.
68:3 But the godly are happy;
they rejoice before God
and are overcome with joy.
68:31 They come with red cloth from Egypt,
Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.
69:8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;
they act as if I were a foreigner.
71:7 Many are appalled when they see me,
but you are my secure shelter.
73:4 For they suffer no pain;
their bodies are strong and well-fed.
73:19 How desolate they become in a mere moment!
Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
74:4 Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary;
they set up their battle flags.
74:5 They invade like lumberjacks
swinging their axes in a thick forest.
74:6 And now they are tearing down all its engravings
with axes and crowbars.
76:5 The bravehearted were plundered;
they “fell asleep.”
All the warriors were helpless.
78:9 The Ephraimites were armed with bows,
but they retreated in the day of battle.
78:11 They forgot what he had done,
the amazing things he had shown them.
78:17 Yet they continued to sin against him,
and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.
78:18 They willfully challenged God
by asking for food to satisfy their appetite.
78:19 They insulted God, saying,
“Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?
78:30 They were not yet filled up,
their food was still in their mouths,
78:32 Despite all this, they continued to sin,
and did not trust him to do amazing things.
78:35 They remembered that God was their protector,
and that the sovereign God was their deliverer.
78:36 But they deceived him with their words,
and lied to him.
78:40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,
and insulted him in the desert!
78:41 They again challenged God,
and offended the Holy One of Israel.
78:42 They did not remember what he had done,
how he delivered them from the enemy,
78:44 He turned their rivers into blood,
and they could not drink from their streams.
78:56 Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God,
and did not obey his commands.
78:58 They made him angry with their pagan shrines,
and made him jealous with their idols.
80:16 It is burned and cut down.
They die because you are displeased with them.
81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires;
they did what seemed right to them.
81:15 (May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him!
May they be permanently humiliated!)
83:3 They carefully plot against your people,
and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.
83:10 They were destroyed at Endor;
their corpses were like manure on the ground.
83:16 Cover their faces with shame,
so they might seek you, O Lord.
88:4 They treat me like those who descend into the grave.
I am like a helpless man,
89:15 How blessed are the people who worship you!
O Lord, they experience your favor.
89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
and are vindicated by your justice.
89:31 if they break my rules
and do not keep my commandments,
92:12 The godly grow like a palm tree;
they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon.
92:13 Planted in the Lord’s house,
they grow in the courts of our God.
92:15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector,
is just and never unfair.
94:4 They spew out threats and speak defiantly;
all the evildoers boast.
94:21 They conspire against the blameless,
and condemn to death the innocent.
102:9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread,
and mix my drink with my tears,
102:21 so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion,
and praise him in Jerusalem,
104:7 Your shout made the waters retreat;
at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off –
104:11 They provide water for all the animals in the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
104:12 The birds of the sky live beside them;
they chirp among the bushes.
104:22 When the sun rises, they withdraw
and sleep in their dens.
105:12 When they were few in number,
just a very few, and resident aliens within it,
105:13 they wandered from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another.
105:27 They executed his miraculous signs among them,
and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham.
105:35 They ate all the vegetation in their land,
and devoured the crops of their fields.
105:40 They asked for food, and he sent quails;
he satisfied them with food from the sky.
105:43 When he led his people out, they rejoiced;
his chosen ones shouted with joy.
105:45 so that they might keep his commands
and obey his laws.
Praise the Lord!
106:16 In the camp they resented Moses,
and Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.
106:19 They made an image of a calf at Horeb,
and worshiped a metal idol.
106:20 They traded their majestic God
for the image of an ox that eats grass.
106:21 They rejected the God who delivered them,
the one who performed great deeds in Egypt,
106:28 They worshiped Baal of Peor,
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
106:29 They made the Lord angry by their actions,
and a plague broke out among them.
106:32 They made him angry by the waters of Meribah,
and Moses suffered because of them,
106:34 They did not destroy the nations,
as the Lord had commanded them to do.
106:39 They were defiled by their deeds,
and unfaithful in their actions.
107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:12 So he used suffering to humble them;
they stumbled and no one helped them up.
107:13 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:17 They acted like fools in their rebellious ways,
and suffered because of their sins.
107:19 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:24 They witnessed the acts of the Lord,
his amazing feats on the deep water.
107:27 They swayed and staggered like a drunk,
and all their skill proved ineffective.
107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:36 He allowed the hungry to settle there,
and they established a city in which to live.
107:37 They cultivated fields,
and planted vineyards,
which yielded a harvest of fruit.
107:42 When the godly see this, they rejoice,
and every sinner shuts his mouth.
109:4 They repay my love with accusations,
but I continue to pray.
109:10 May his children roam around begging,
asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!
109:27 Then they will realize this is your work,
and that you, Lord, have accomplished it.
111:8 They are forever firm,
and should be faithfully and properly carried out.
115:4 Their idols are made of silver and gold –
they are man-made.
115:7 hands, but cannot touch,
feet, but cannot walk.
They cannot even clear their throats.
118:15 They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly.
The Lord’s right hand conquers,
119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;
they give me guidance.
119:78 May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me!
But I meditate on your precepts.
119:87 They have almost destroyed me here on the earth,
but I do not reject your precepts.
ל (Lamed)
119:89 O Lord, your instructions endure;
they stand secure in heaven.
119:91 Today they stand firm by your decrees,
for all things are your servants.
119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,
for they give me joy.
119:118 You despise all who stray from your statutes,
for they are deceptive and unreliable.
119:126 It is time for the Lord to act –
they break your law!
119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines.
They give insight to the untrained.
119:150 Those who are eager to do wrong draw near;
they are far from your law.
119:155 The wicked have no chance for deliverance,
for they do not seek your statutes.
119:158 I take note of the treacherous and despise them,
because they do not keep your instructions.
120:7 I am committed to peace,
but when I speak, they want to make war.
124:3 they would have swallowed us alive,
when their anger raged against us.
A song of ascents.
129:1 “Since my youth they have often attacked me,”
let Israel say.
135:15 The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold,
they are man-made.
140:2 who plan ways to harm me.
All day long they stir up conflict.
145:6 They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts!
I will declare your great deeds!
145:7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness,
and sing about your justice.
145:16 You open your hand,
and fill every living thing with the food they desire.
147:9 He gives food to the animals,
and to the young ravens when they chirp.
148:6 He established them so they would endure;
he issued a decree that will not be revoked.
149:8 They bind their kings in chains,
and their nobles in iron shackles,