18. When the Lord comes, everything will tremble: the earth and the great waters beneath it, the sky and the heavens above it.
19. The mountains will shake, and the foundations of the earth will shudder when he looks at them.
20. The Lord isn't going to give me a thought. Nobody cares what I do.
21. If I sin and am secretly disloyal, nobody will know it.
22. If I do what is right, nobody will tell the Lord about it. Who wants to wait for him, anyway? He is too slow in doing what he has said he would.”
23. Only someone with very little sense, and foolishly misguided, would think things like that.
24. My child, listen and pay attention to me; you will gain knowledge if you do.
25. I will give you diligent and accurate instruction.
26. In the beginning the Lord did his work of creation,and he gave everything a place of its own.
27. He arranged everything in an eternal orderand decreed that it should be that way for ever.Not one part of creation ever grows hungry;no part grows tired or stops its work.
28. The parts do not crowd one another,and they never disobey his word.
29. When the Lord had made all this,he looked at the earth and filled it with good things.
30. He covered it with all kinds of creaturesthat must die and return to the dust.