16. It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me!
17. How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath?
18. They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters.
19. God will preserve the grief of the father for his sons, and, when he repays, then he will understand.
20. His eyes will see his own destruction, and he will drink from the wrath of the Almighty.
21. For what does he care what happens to his house after him, or if the number of its months are reduced by half?
22. Can anyone teach holy knowledge to God, who judges the exalted?
23. This one dies strong and healthy, rich and happy.
24. His gut is full of fat and his bones are moistened with marrow.
25. In truth, another dies in bitterness of soul, without any resources.