12. But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.
13. “Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,
14. if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
15. then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.
16. You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
17. Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
18. You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
19. You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
20. But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”