12. They sing along with drum and lyre,and make merry to the sound of the pipe.
13. They live out their days in prosperity,and tranquilly go down to Sheol.
14. Yet they say to God, “Depart from us,for we have no desire to know your ways!
15. What is the Almighty that we should serve him?And what do we gain by praying to him?”
16. Their happiness is not in their own hands.The designs of the wicked are far from me!
17. How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?How often does destruction come upon them,the portion God allots in his anger?