15. Will you keep the ancient waytraveled by sinful persons,
16. who were snatched prematurelywhen a river flooded their foundations,
17. who say to God, "Turn away from us;what can the Almighty do to us?"
18. Yet he filled their houses with good things;a sinner’s logic is beyond me.
19. The righteous see and rejoice;the innocent mock them:
20. our enemies are certainly cut off;fire will devour what’s left of them.
21. Get along well with God and be at peace;from this something good will come to you.
22. Receive instruction from his mouth;put his words in your mind.
23. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;if you keep wrongdoing out of your tent.
24. Lay your prized possession in the dust,your gold from Ophir on a rock in a desert streambed.