Mazmur 28:3

28:3 Do not drag me away with evil men,

with those who behave wickedly, ¹ 

who talk so friendly to their neighbors, ² 

while they plan to harm them! ³ 

Mazmur 92:7

92:7 When the wicked sprout up like grass,

and all the evildoers glisten, ⁴ 

it is so that they may be annihilated. ⁵ 

Mazmur 101:8

101:8 Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,

and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Mazmur 141:9

141:9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,

and the traps the evildoers have set. ⁶ 

[28:3]  ¹ tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”

[28:3]  ² tn Heb “speakers of peace with their neighbors.”

[28:3]  ³ tn Heb “and evil [is] in their heart[s].”

[92:7]  ⁴ tn Or “flourish.”

[92:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “in order that they might be destroyed permanently.”

[92:7]  sn God allows the wicked to prosper temporarily so that he might reveal his justice. When the wicked are annihilated, God demonstrates that wickedness does not pay off.

[141:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the traps of the doers of evil.”