Lexicon :: Strong's H6466 - p̄āʿal

You will bring them in and plant them

on the mountain of your possession;

LORD, you have prepared the place

for your dwelling;

Lord,[fn] your hands have established the sanctuary.

There is no magic curse against Jacob

and no divination against Israel.

It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,

“What great things God has done! ”

“if I had not feared provocation from the enemy,

or feared that these foes might misunderstand

and say, ‘Our own hand has prevailed;

it wasn’t the LORD who did all this.’ ”

If I have sinned, what have I done to you,

Watcher of humanity?

Why have you made me your target,

so that I have become a burden to you?[fn]

They are higher than the heavens ​— ​what can you do?

They are deeper than Sheol ​— ​what can you know?

They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone! ”

and “What can the Almighty do to us? ”[fn]

Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust

and misfortune to evildoers?

God certainly does all these things

two or three times to a person

He keeps company with evildoers

and walks with wicked men.

There is no darkness, no deep darkness,

where evildoers can hide.

“Teach me what I cannot see;

if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”

If you sin, how does it affect God?

If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?

I will get my knowledge from a distant place

and ascribe justice to my Maker.

Who has appointed his way for him,

and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?

The boastful cannot stand in your sight;

you hate all evildoers.

Depart from me, all evildoers,

for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

He has prepared his deadly weapons;

he tips his arrows with fire.

He dug a pit and hollowed it out

but fell into the hole he had made.

“When the foundations are destroyed,

what can the righteous do? ”

Will evildoers never understand?

They consume my people as they consume bread;

they do not call on the LORD.

The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness,

and acknowledges the truth in his heart —

Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with the evildoers,

who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors

while malice is in their hearts.

How great is your goodness,

which you have stored up for those who fear you.

In the presence of everyone[fn] you have acted

for those who take refuge in you.

There! The evildoers have fallen.

They have been thrown down and cannot rise.

God, we have heard with our ears —

our ancestors have told us —

the work you accomplished in their days,

in days long ago:

Will evildoers never understand?

They consume my people as they consume bread;

they do not call on God.

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;

with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

Rescue me from evildoers,

and save me from men of bloodshed.

Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,

from the mob of evildoers,

Your God has decreed your strength.

Show your strength, God,

you who have acted on our behalf.

God my King is from ancient times,

performing saving acts on the earth.

though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be eternally destroyed.

For indeed, LORD, your enemies —

indeed, your enemies will perish;

all evildoers will be scattered.

They pour out arrogant words;

all the evildoers boast.

Who stands up for me against the wicked?

Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?

Every morning I will destroy

all the wicked of the land,

wiping out all evildoers from the LORD’s city.

They do nothing wrong;

they walk in his ways.

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,

the LORD will banish them with the evildoers.

Peace be with Israel.

Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing

or perform wicked acts with evildoers.

Do not let me feast on their delicacies.

Protect me from the trap they have set for me,

and from the snares of evildoers.

The way of the LORD is a stronghold for the honorable,

but destruction awaits evildoers.

The LORD has prepared everything for his purpose —

even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Justice executed is a joy to the righteous

but a terror to evildoers.

This is the way of an adulteress:

she eats and wipes her mouth

and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”

LORD, you will establish peace for us,

for you have also done all our work for us.

But he also is wise and brings disaster.

He does not go back on what he says;

he will rise up against the house of the wicked

and against the allies of evildoers.

“Who has performed and done this,

calling the generations from the beginning?

I am the LORD, the first

and with the last ​— ​I am he.”

“Also, from today on I am he alone,

and none can rescue from my power.

I act, and who can reverse it? ”

The ironworker labors over the coals,

shapes the idol with hammers,

and works it with his strong arm.

Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;

he doesn’t drink water and is faint.

A person can use it for fuel.

He takes some of it and warms himself;

also he kindles a fire and bakes bread;

he even makes it into a god and worships it;

he makes an idol from it and bows down to it.