9. Their houses are safe from fear,Neither is the rod of God upon them.
10. Their bull breeds without failure;Their cow calves without miscarriage.
11. They send forth their little ones like a flock,And their children dance.
12. They sing to the tambourine and harp,And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
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.
19. They say, ‘God lays up one’s iniquity for his children’;Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.