13. They spend their days in wealth,and in a moment go down to Sheol.
14. Therefore they say to God, ‘Depart from us,for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?And what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16. Indeed, their prosperity is not in their hand.The counsel of the wicked is far fromme.
17. “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?How often does their destruction come upon them,the sorrows God distributes in His anger?
18. They are like straw before the wind,and like chaff that a storm carries away.
19. God stores up their iniquity for their children;let Him reward the people themselves, and they will know it.
20. Let their eyes see their own destruction,and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21. For what do they care about their households after them,when the number of their months is cut off?
22. “Can anyone teach God knowledge,since He judges those who are on high?
23. One dies in his full strength,being wholly at ease and secure.
24. His pails are full of milk,and the marrow of his bones is moist.
25. Another dies in the bitterness of his soul,never having eaten with pleasure.
26. They will lie down alike in the dust,and worms will cover them.
27. “Behold, I know your thoughts,and the schemes with which you would wrong me.
28. For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince?And where are the dwelling places of the wicked?’