Lexicon :: Strong's H7563 - rāšāʿ

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

“If there is a controversy between men, and they go to court, and the judges decide [the issue] between them, and they judge in favor of the innocent and condemn the guilty,

“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,

But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;

For a man shall not prevail by might.

“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,

And there the weary are at rest.

“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,

And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”

“It is all one; therefore I say,

‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’

“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked;

He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice].

If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?

‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,

To despise and reject the work of Your hands,

And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,

And they will not escape [the justice of God];

And their hope is to breathe their last [and die].”

“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,

And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.

“God hands me over to [fn]criminals

And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.

“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,

And the flame of his fire will not shine.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,

And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?

“This is the wicked man’s portion from God,

And the heritage decreed and appointed to him by God.”

“Why do the wicked still live,

Become old, and become mighty in power?

“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);

The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man?

And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’

“Yet He filled their houses with good things;

But the counsel of the wicked and ungodly is far from me.

“They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own],

And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

“May my enemy be as the wicked,

And he who rises up against me be as the unrighteous (unjust).

“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,

And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:

“God who says to a king, ‘You are worthless and vile,’

Or to princes and nobles, ‘You are wicked and evil’?

“He strikes them like the wicked

In a public place,

“He does not prolong the life of the wicked,

But gives the afflicted their justice.

“But you [Job] were full of judgment on the wicked,

Judgment and justice take hold of you.

So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth

And shake the wickedness out of it?

“Their light is withheld from the wicked,

And the uplifted arm is broken.

“Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him,

And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand.

[fn]Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example],

Nor stand in the path of sinners,

Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of [fn]scoffers (ridiculers).

The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,

But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God!

For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek;

You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous [those in right standing with You];

For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked and unrepentant;

You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

The LORD has made Himself known;

He executes judgment;

The wicked are trapped by the work of their own hands. Higgaion (meditation) Selah.