15. So now we call the proud blessed,For those who do wickedness are raised up;They even tempt God and go free.’ ”
16. Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another,And the Lord listened and heard them;So a book of remembrance was written before HimFor those who fear the LordAnd who meditate on His name.
17. “They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts,“On the day that I make them My jewels.And I will spare themAs a man spares his own son who serves him.”
18. Then you shall again discernBetween the righteous and the wicked,Between one who serves GodAnd one who does not serve Him.