9. Please let the evil of the wicked be over,but set the righteous firmly in placebecause you, the righteous God,are the one who examines hearts and minds.
10. God is my shield;he saves those whose heart is right.
11. God is a righteous judge,a God who is angry at evil every single day.
12. If someone doesn’t change their ways,God will sharpen his sword,will bend his bow,will string an arrow.
13. God has deadly weapons in storefor those who won’t change;he gets his flaming arrows ready!
14. But look how the wicked hatch evil,conceive trouble, give birth to lies!
15. They make a pit, dig it all out,and then fall right into the hole that they’ve made!
16. The trouble they causewill come back on their own heads;the violence they commitwill come down on their own skulls.