15. Will you keep to the old wayWhich wicked men have trod,
16. Who were cut down before their time,Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
17. They said to God, ‘Depart from us!What can the Almighty do to them?’
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 at them:
20. ‘Surely our adversaries are cut down,And the fire consumes their remnant.’
21. “Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;Thereby good will come to you.
22. Receive, please, instruction from His mouth,And lay up His words in your heart.
23. If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
24. Then you will lay your gold in the dust,And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.