13. So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be; And of virtue we had no sign to show, But in our wickedness we were utterly consumed.
14. Because the hope of the ungodly man is as chaff carried by the wind, And as foam vanishing before a tempest; And is scattered as smoke is scattered by the wind, And passes by as the remembrance of a guest that waits but a day.
15. But the righteous live for ever, And in the Lord is their reward, And the care for them with the Most High.
16. Therefore shall they receive the crown of royal dignity And the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand; Because with his right hand shall he cover them, And with his arm shall he shield them.
17. He shall take his jealousy as complete armor, And shall make the whole creation his weapons for vengeance on his enemies:
18. He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, And shall array himself with judgement unfeigned as with a helmet;
19. He shall take holiness as an invincible shield,
20. And he shall sharpen stern wrath for a sword: And the world shall go forth with him to fight against his insensate foes.
21. Shafts of lightning shall fly with true aim, And from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they leap to the mark.
22. And as from an engine of war shall be hurled hailstones full of wrath; The water of the sea shall be angered against them, And rivers shall sternly overwhelm them;