¹ tn The word “wicked” could be taken as a vocative (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, “O wicked man”), but since the next line refers to the wicked this is unlikely. It serves better as an adverbial accusative (“like the wicked”).

¹ tn Heb “do not grant the desires of the wicked.”

¹ tn Heb “they devise wicked [plans] in [their] mind.”

¹ tn Heb “the wicked wait for me to kill me.”

² tn Heb “until a pit is dug for the wicked.”

² tn Heb “and the face of the wicked lift up.”

¹ tn Or “he does not keep the wicked alive.”

⁴ tn Heb “men of wickedness”; the genitive is attributive (= “wicked men”).

² tn Heb “What is this wicked thing which happened among you?”

² sn “Contempt” (בּוּז, buz) accompanies the wicked; “reproach” (חֶרְפָּה, kherpah) goes with shame. This reproach either further characterizes the behaviors expected of the wicked or possibly the critical rebukes and taunts of the community against a wicked person.

⁴ sn He hates the wicked. The Lord “hates” the wicked in the sense that he despises their wicked character and deeds, and actively opposes and judges them for their wickedness. See Ps 5:5.

² tn Heb “she defied my laws, becoming wicked more than the nations, and [she defied] my statutes [becoming wicked] more than the countries around her.”

⁴ tn Heb “to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked”; or “who are punished for the deeds of the wicked.”

³ tn Heb “the wicked and the sinner.” The two terms may form a hendiadys with the first functioning adjectivally: “the wicked sinner.”

² sn God allows the wicked to prosper temporarily so that he might reveal his justice. When the wicked are annihilated, God demonstrates that wickedness does not pay off.

⁶ tn Heb “the wicked one.” This is a collective singular and has been translated as a plural.

⁹ tn Heb “he.” This is in agreement with the singular “wicked one” in the previous line.

² tn Heb “a counselor of wickedness”; NASB “a wicked counselor”; NAB “the scoundrel planner.”

¹ tn Heb “from their evil way” (so KJV, ASV, NAB); cf. NASB “wicked way.”

² tc The LXX reads “he will crush the wicked rod without confusion or haste.”