Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked. ¹ 

Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.

The wicked prepare to kill me, ¹  yet I concentrate on your rules.

Let the wicked fall ¹  into their ²  own nets, while I escape. ³ 

The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.

The Lord lifts up the oppressed, but knocks ¹  the wicked to the ground.

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk ¹  in the way of those who are evil.

The righteous do not encounter ¹  any harm, ²  but the wicked are filled with calamity. ³ 

Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

Remember this, so you can be brave! ¹  Think about it, you rebels! ² 

Our forefathers ¹  sinned and are dead, ²  but we ³  suffer ⁴  their punishment. ⁵ 

Gilead is a city full of evildoers; ¹  its streets are stained with bloody footprints! ² 

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Who is wise? Let him discern ¹  these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.

¹ Because Christ also suffered ²  once for sins, the just for the unjust, ³  to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but ⁴  by being made alive in the spirit. ⁵ 

Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked?

he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, ¹  who will escape ²  through the cleanness of your hands.”

Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! ¹ 

The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; ¹  this is the destiny of ²  all the nations that ignore ³  God,

for the wicked seem to be everywhere, ¹  when people promote evil. ²