15. Will you keep to the old paththat the wicked have trod?
16. They were carried off before their time,their foundations washed away by a flood.
17. They said to God, “Leave us alone!What can the Almighty do to us?”
18. Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
19. The righteous see their ruin and rejoice;the innocent mock them, saying,
20. “Surely our foes are destroyed,and fire devours their wealth.”
21. ‘Submit to God and be at peace with him;in this way prosperity will come to you.