Bible Verses About Wicked

When I had a sour attitude and felt stung by pained emotions,

I was too stupid to understand; I was like a brute beast with you.

Nevertheless, I am always with you; you hold my right hand.

You will guide me with your advice; and afterwards, you will receive me with honor.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? And with you, I lack nothing on earth.

My mind and body may fail; but God is the rock for my mind and my portion forever.

Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who adulterously leave you.

But for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made Adonai ELOHIM my refuge, so that I can tell of all your works.

I will break down the strength of the wicked, but the strength of the righteous will be raised up.

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand; but it won't come near you.

Only keep your eyes open, and you will see how the wicked are punished.

Stupid people can't know, fools don't understand,

that when the wicked sprout like grass, and all who do evil prosper, it is so that they can be eternally destroyed,

How long are the wicked, ADONAI, how long are the wicked to triumph?

They pour out insolent words, they go on bragging, all these evildoers.

They crush your people, ADONAI, they oppress your heritage.

They kill widows and strangers and murder the fatherless.

They say, "Yah isn't looking; the God of Ya'akov won't notice."

Take notice, yourselves, you boors among the people! You fools, when will you understand?

He turns rivers into desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground,

productive land into salt flats, because the people living there are so wicked.

But he also turns desert into pools of water, dry land into flowing springs;

there he gives the hungry a home, and they build a city to live in;

there they sow fields and plant vineyards, which yield an abundant harvest.

He blesses them, their numbers grow, and he doesn't let their livestock decrease.