Lexicon :: Strong's H7562 - rešaʿ

Who goes in company with those who do evil

And walks with wicked men?

“Therefore hear me, you men of understanding.

Far be it from God that He would do wickedness,

And from the Almighty to do wrong.

“Your wickedness affects only a man such as you,

And your righteousness affects only [fn]a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign].

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;

No evil [person] dwells with You.

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,

Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.

You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;

Therefore God, your God, has anointed You

Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];

I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God

Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land of the righteous,

So that the righteous will not reach out their hands to do wrong.

Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing,

Or to practice deeds of wickedness

With men who plan and do evil;

And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).

For they eat the bread of wickedness

And drink the wine of violence.

“For my mouth will utter truth,

And wickedness is repulsive and loathsome to my lips.

Treasures of wickedness and ill-gotten gains do not profit,

But righteousness and moral integrity in daily life rescues from death.

A man will not be established by wickedness,

But the root of the [consistently] righteous will not be moved.

It is repulsive [to God and man] for kings to behave wickedly,

For a throne is established on righteousness (right standing with God).

Moreover, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

There is no man who has power and authority over the wind to restrain the wind,

Nor does he have authority over the day of death;

There is no discharge [from service] during time of war,

And evil will not rescue those who [actively seek to] practice it.

“The facts are that you fast only for strife and brawling and to strike with the fist of wickedness.

You do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high.

“[Rather] is this not the fast which I choose,

To undo the bonds of wickedness,

To tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke,

To let the oppressed go free

And break apart every [enslaving] yoke?

We know and acknowledge, O LORD,

Our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.

You have plowed and planted wickedness, you have reaped the [willful] injustice [of oppressors],

You have eaten the fruit of lies.

Because you have trusted in your own way and your chariots, and in your many warriors,

“Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness

In the house of the wicked,

And a short (inaccurate) measure [for grain] that is cursed?