A perverseheartshall departfrom me; I will knownoevil.
Departfrom me, evildoers,That I may observethe commandmentsof my God.
I do not sitwith deceitfulmen,Norwill I gowith pretenders.
I hatethe assemblyof evildoers,And I will not sitwith the wicked.
Departfrom me, allyou who doiniquity,For the LORDhas heardthe voiceof my weeping.
The perversein heartare an abominationto the LORD,But the blamelessin [their] walkare His delight.
Do not associatewith a man[given] to anger;Or gowith a hot-temperedman,
An unjustmanis abominableto the righteous,And he whois uprightin the wayis abominableto the wicked.
For the deviousare an abominationto the LORD;But He is intimatewith the upright.
"The fearof the LORDis to hateevil;Prideand arroganceand the evilwayAnd the pervertedmouth,I hate.
"Forsake[your] follyand live,And proceedin the wayof understanding."
"And thenI will declareto them, 'I neverknewyou; DEPARTFROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICELAWLESSNESS.'
and I was let downin a basketthrougha windowin the wall,and [so] escapedhis hands.
Nevertheless,the firmfoundationof Godstands,havingthisseal,"The Lordknowsthosewho are His," and, "Everyonewho namesthe nameof the Lordis to abstainfrom wickedness."
