עָרִיץ

…deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah

The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.

A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.

Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

…like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

…behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.

Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.