Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;

Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.