15. Will you keep to the old waythat wicked men have trod?
16. They were snatched away before their time;their foundation was washed away.
17. They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
18. Yet he filled their houses with good things—but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19. The righteous see it and are glad;the innocent one mocks at them,
20. saying, ‘Surely our adversaries are cut off,and what they left the fire has consumed.’
21. “Agree with God, and be at peace;thereby good will come to you.
22. Receive instruction from his mouth,and lay up his words in your heart.
23. If you return to the Almighty you will be built up;if you remove injustice far from your tents,