4:6 Is not your piety 1 your confidence, 2
and your blameless ways your hope? 3
4:7 Call to mind now: 4
Who, 5 being innocent, ever perished? 6
And where were upright people 7 ever destroyed? 8
4:8 Even as I have seen, 9 those who plow 10 iniquity 11
and those who sow trouble reap the same. 12
4:9 By the breath 13 of God they perish, 14
and by the blast 15 of his anger they are consumed.
4:10 There is 16 the roaring of the lion 17
and the growling 18 of the young lion,
but the teeth of the young lions are broken. 19
4:11 The mighty lion 20 perishes 21 for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness 22 are scattered.
5:3 I myself 23 have seen the fool 24 taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his place of residence. 25
5:4 His children are far 26 from safety,
and they are crushed 27 at the place where judgment is rendered, 28
nor is there anyone to deliver them. 29
8:4 If 30 your children sinned against him,
he gave them over 31 to the penalty 32 of their sin.
8:5 But 33 if you will look 34 to God,
and make your supplication 35 to the Almighty,
8:6 if you become 36 pure 37 and upright, 38
even now he will rouse himself 39 for you,
and will restore 40 your righteous abode. 41
11:3 Will your idle talk 42 reduce people to silence, 43
and will no one rebuke 44 you when you mock? 45
11:14 if 46 iniquity is in your hand – put it far away, 47
and do not let evil reside in your tents.
15:4 But you even break off 48 piety, 49
and hinder 50 meditation 51 before God.
15:5 Your sin inspires 52 your mouth;
you choose the language 53 of the crafty. 54
15:6 Your own mouth condemns 55 you, not I;
your own lips testify against 56 you.
15:11 Are God’s consolations 57 too trivial for you; 58
or a word spoken 59 in gentleness to you?
15:12 Why 60 has your heart carried you away, 61
and why do your eyes flash, 62
18:4 You who tear yourself 63 to pieces in your anger,
will the earth be abandoned 64 for your sake?
Or will a rock be moved from its place? 65
18:5 “Yes, 66 the lamp 67 of the wicked is extinguished;
his flame of fire 68 does not shine.
18:6 The light in his tent grows dark;
his lamp above him is extinguished. 69
18:7 His vigorous steps 70 are restricted, 71
and his own counsel throws him down. 72
18:8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet 73
and he wanders into a mesh. 74
18:9 A trap 75 seizes him by the heel;
a snare 76 grips him.
18:10 A rope is hidden for him 77 on the ground
and a trap for him 78 lies on the path.
18:11 Terrors 79 frighten him on all sides
and dog 80 his every step.
18:12 Calamity is 81 hungry for him, 82
and misfortune is ready at his side. 83
18:13 It eats away parts of his skin; 84
the most terrible death 85 devours his limbs.
18:14 He is dragged from the security of his tent, 86
and marched off 87 to the king 88 of terrors.
18:15 Fire resides in his tent; 89
over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.
18:16 Below his roots dry up,
and his branches wither above.
18:17 His memory perishes from the earth,
he has no name in the land. 90
18:18 He is driven 91 from light into darkness
and is banished from the world.
18:19 He has neither children nor descendants 92 among his people,
no survivor in those places he once stayed. 93
18:20 People of the west 94 are appalled at his fate; 95
people of the east are seized with horror, 96 saying, 97
18:21 ‘Surely such is the residence 98 of an evil man;
and this is the place of one who has not known God.’” 99