7. May my enemy be like the wickedand my opponent like the unjust.
8. For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,when God takes away his life?
9. Will God hear his crywhen distress comes on him?
10. Will he delight in the Almighty?Will he call on God at all times?
11. I will teach you about God’s power.I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.
12. All of you have seen this for yourselves,why do you keep up this empty talk?
13. This is a wicked man’s lot from God,the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14. Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;his descendants will never have enough food.
15. Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,yet their widows will not weep for them.
16. Though he piles up silver like dustand heaps up a wardrobe like clay —