15. Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16. Who were cut down before their time, whose foundation was swept away with a flood:
17. Who said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do to us?
18. Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19. The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
20. Surely our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
21. Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you.