But their prosperity is not their own doing. ¹  The counsel of the wicked is far from me! ² 

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, ¹  and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’ ² 

But it was he ¹  who filled their houses with good things – yet the counsel of the wicked ²  was far from me. ³ 

This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, ¹  the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

I broke the fangs ¹  of the wicked, and made him drop ²  his prey from his teeth.

who says to a king, ¹  ‘Worthless man’ ²  and to nobles, ‘Wicked men,’

that it might seize the corners of the earth, ¹  and shake the wicked out of it?

Not so with the wicked! Instead ¹  they are like wind-driven chaff. ² 

For this reason ¹  the wicked cannot withstand ²  judgment, ³  nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. ⁴ 

God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day. ¹ 

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; ¹  the oppressed are trapped ²  by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up. ³ 

May the Lord rain down ¹  burning coals ²  and brimstone ³  on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve! ⁴ 

Protect me from ¹  the wicked men who attack ²  me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill. ³ 

You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise.

Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless! ¹ 

Wicked men ¹  will be wiped out, ²  but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. ³ 

The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men, ¹ 

I have seen ruthless evil men ¹  growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. ² 

The wicked turn aside from birth; ¹  liars go astray as soon as they are born. ² 

The godly ¹  will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.