13. They spend their days in wealth,And in a moment go down to the grave.
14. Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16. Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand;The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17. “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?How often does their destruction come upon them,The sorrows God distributes in His anger?
18. They are like straw before the wind,And like chaff that a storm carries away.