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 

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

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

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

Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, ¹  and understood the destiny of the wicked. ² 

The ropes of the wicked tighten around ¹  me, but I do not forget your law.

For the music director; a psalm of David. O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! ²  Protect me from violent men, ³ 

The Lord satisfies ¹  the appetite ²  of the righteous, but he thwarts ³  the craving ⁴  of the wicked.

The lips of the righteous know ¹  what is pleasing, ²  but the speech ³  of the wicked is perverse.

A righteous person cares for ¹  the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts ²  of the wicked are cruel.

The wicked person desires a stronghold, ¹  but the righteous root ²  endures. ³ 

The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, ¹  but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, ¹  but the belly of the wicked lacks food. ² 

A crooked witness ¹  scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours ²  iniquity.

The violence ¹  done by the wicked ²  will drag them away because ³  they refuse to do what is right. ⁴ 

The wicked person’s sacrifice ¹  is an abomination; how much more ²  when he brings it with evil intent! ³ 

remove the wicked from before the king, ¹  and his throne ²  will be established in righteousness. ³ 

Like a muddied ¹  spring and a polluted ²  well, so is a righteous person who gives way ³  before the wicked.