For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous,I'm not sure how literally to take this. There's obviously a poetic element to it, but is that all? The poetic is pretty clear. They are asking for protection against evil, both as individuals and as a nation. The scepter image suggests that the bad guy is powerful.
So that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong.
However, is there a literal component? They're asking the wicked scepter doesn't come to their land, so that the people do not do evil. Does this mean that when a land is evil, the people become evil? Or is it perhaps vice versa, that wicked people's evil acts spread to others, and infect a whole land? Or am I just reading more into this than there is?
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