14. The wicked tell God to leave them alone;they don't want to know his will for their lives.
15. They think there is no need to serve Godnor any advantage in praying to him.
16. They claim they succeed by their own strength,but their way of thinking I can't accept.
17. Was a wicked person's light ever put out?Did one of them ever meet with disaster?Did God ever punish the wicked in anger
18. and blow them away like straw in the wind,or like dust carried away in a storm?
19. You claim God punishes a child for the sins of his father.No! Let God punish the sinners themselves;let him show that he does it because of their sins.
20. Let sinners bear their own punishment;let them feel the wrath of Almighty God.
21. When our lives are over,do we really care whether our children are happy?
22. Can anyone teach God,who judges even those in high places?
23-24. Some people stay healthy till the day they die;they die happy and at ease,their bodies well nourished.
25. Others have no happiness at all;they live and die with bitter hearts.
26. But all alike die and are buried;they all are covered with worms.
27. I know what spiteful thoughts you have.
28. You ask, “Where are the houses of great people now,those who practised evil?”
29. Haven't you talked with people who travel?Don't you know the reports they bring back?
30. On the day God is angry and punishes,it is the wicked who are always spared.
31. There is no one to accuse the wickedor pay them back for all they have done.
32. When they are carried to the graveyard,to their well-guarded tombs,