Here is ¹  another ²  enigma ³  that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, ⁴  and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. ⁵  I said, “This also is an enigma.”

¹ “You must not give ²  a false report. ³  Do not make common cause ⁴  with the wicked ⁵  to be a malicious ⁶  witness.

The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe ¹  of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place? ² 

Those who hate you ¹  will be clothed with shame, ²  and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

But the eyes of the wicked fail, ¹  and escape ²  eludes them; their one hope ³  is to breathe their last.” ⁴ 

that the elation of the wicked is brief, ¹  the joy of the godless ²  lasts but a moment. ³ 

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

If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; ¹  if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,

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

But ¹  Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?

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

Certainly ¹  the Lord guards the way of the godly, ²  but the way of the wicked ends in destruction. ³ 

You terrified the nations with your battle cry; ¹  you destroyed the wicked; ²  you permanently wiped out all memory of them. ³ 

The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. ¹  (Higgaion. ²  Selah)

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

Why does the wicked man reject God? ¹  He says to himself, ²  “You ³  will not hold me accountable.” ⁴ 

The Lord approves of ¹  the godly, ²  but he ³  hates ⁴  the wicked and those who love to do violence. ⁵ 

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