For you [are] not a God [who] desires wickedness. Evil cannot dwell with you.

Depart from me, all workers of evil, for Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish [the] righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.

See, he travails with evil. He is pregnant with trouble, and he gives birth to deception.

His mouth is filled with cursing, with deceits and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and evil.

Break [the] arm of [the] wicked, and [as for the] evil [man]-- seek out his wickedness [until] you find none.

All who do evil--do they not know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on Yahweh.

Though they have {plotted} evil against you, [though] they have planned a scheme, they will not prevail.

Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me

in whose hands [is] an evil plan, and whose right hand is full of bribes.

Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.

Give to them according to their work, even according to the evil of their deeds. Give to them according to the work of their hands; repay them their rightful due.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.

Evil will slay [the] wicked, and [those who] hate [the] righteous will incur guilt.

They repay me evil in place of good. [It is] bereavement to my soul.

He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil.

There doers of evil have fallen; they are thrust down and not able to rise.

Refrain from anger and forsake wrath. Do not fret; [it] only brings evil.

[The] wicked plans [evil] against the righteous, and gnashes at him [with] his teeth.

Turn aside from evil and do good and [so] abide forever.

And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good.

My enemies speak evil about me, "When will he die and his name perish?"

You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit.

Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge.

Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God [endures] {continually}.

You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking {what is right}. Selah

He will repay my enemies for their evil; in your faithfulness destroy them.

because of [the] voice [of] an enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked, because they bring down evil on me, and in anger they hold a grudge [against] me.

Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil [is] in their home [and] {heart}.

All day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah

They encourage themselves [in the] evil matter. They talk of secretly laying snares. They say, "Who will see them?"

If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

[The] enemy will not deceive him, and no {evil man} will afflict him.

When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.

For behold, your enemies, O Yahweh, for behold, your enemies will perish. All [the] workers of evil will be scattered.

And he will repay on them their iniquity, and by their evil he will destroy them. Yahweh our God will destroy them.

You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He protects the lives of his faithful; he delivers them from [the] hand of [the] wicked.

A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not know evil.

a fruitful land into a salty place, because of the evil of its inhabitants.

So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love.

Let this [be] the punishment for my accusers from Yahweh, even those who speak evil against my life.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way, so that I may heed your word.

Yahweh will protect you from all evil; he will protect your life.

Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men. Preserve me from violent men,

who plan evil [things] in [their] heart. They stir up wars continually.

Do not let a {slanderer} be established in the land; as for [the] man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men [who] do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.

Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. [It is] oil for [my] head; let not my head refuse. For still my prayer [is] against their evil deeds.

who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from [the] evil sword.