16. Better is the little that the [uncompromisingly] righteous have than the abundance [of possessions] of many who are wrong and wicked. [I Tim. 6:6, 7.]
17. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the [consistently] righteous.
18. The Lord knows the days of the upright and blameless, and their heritage will abide forever.
19. They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20. But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke] and as the glory of the pastures. They shall vanish; like smoke shall they consume away.