A righteous
tsaddiyq (tsad-deek')
just -- just, lawful, righteous (man).
man regardeth
yada` (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
the life
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of his beast
bhemah (be-hay-maw')
a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) -- beast, cattle.
but the tender mercies
racham (rakh'-am)
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
of the wicked
rasha` (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
are cruel
'akzariy (ak-zawr-ree')
terrible -- cruel (one).