Yes, I don't think He causes an evil person to do the evil to me. I do believe He permits them to do it to me. Otherwise, they would have no power to do evil of any sort to me. It may take some time for me to see it fully played out, but I eventually do see that what someone else intended for evil, He worked for my good. He once permitted another person to physically assault me. I cried out, right after, where were You, Lord? He answered, I was there. You didn't hit them back, did you? So the result was that my trust increased and the next time evil was permitted to touch me in some way, there was no doubt in my mind that He was still with me and I didn't waver in my trust by asking where He was as I had done previously.
So a great evil (physical assault) was permitted to be done to me. The person would have had no power to hurt me if God did not permit it. And yet, He worked it to my good by making my trust (which is more precious than gold) stronger. He made me able to stand firmer in trust. If nothing hard, evil or difficult had been permitted to come to me, there wouldn't have been that growth in strength for the next trial or hardship. I actually thanked Him and prayed for the person because He had caused such great good to come to me by their hand!