Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

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

Even as I have seen, ¹  those who plow ²  iniquity ³  and those who sow trouble reap the same. ⁴ 

if ¹  iniquity is in your hand – put it far away, ²  and do not let evil reside in your tents.

They conceive ¹  trouble and bring forth evil; their belly ²  prepares deception.”

You may say, ¹  ‘God stores up a man’s ²  punishment for his children!’ ³  Instead let him repay ⁴  the man himself ⁵  so that ⁶  he may know it!

Will you keep to the old path ¹  that evil men have walked –

There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves. ¹ 

And he reveals ¹  this ²  for correction, and says that they must turn ³  from evil.

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies – ¹ 

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right. ¹ 

Deliver me from evildoers! ¹  Rescue me from violent men! ² 

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers. ¹ 

If I had harbored sin in my heart, ¹  the Lord would not have listened.

They spew out threats ¹  and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. ² 

Direct my steps by your word! ¹  Do not let any sin dominate me!

Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set. ¹ 

A worthless and wicked person ¹  walks around saying perverse ²  things; ³ 

a heart that devises wicked plans, ¹  feet that are swift to run ²  to evil,

The way of the Lord ¹  is like ²  a stronghold for the upright, ³  but it is destruction ⁴  to evildoers. ⁵