15. Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16. Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:
17. Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?
18. Yet he fired their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19. The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20. Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
21. Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
23. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up; if thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.
24. And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
25. And the Almighty shall be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee.