12. They sing and dance to the sound of harps and flutes.
13. Evil people enjoy success during their lives and then go to the grave without suffering.
14. They say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We don’t care what you want us to do!’
15. And they say, ‘Who is God All-Powerful? We don’t need to serve him! It will not help to pray to him!’
16. “Of course, evil people don’t make their own success. I would never follow their advice.
17. But how often does God blow out their light? How often does trouble come to them? How often does God get angry with them and punish them?
18. Does God blow them away, as the wind blows straw or as strong winds blow the grain husks?
19. But you say, ‘God is saving their punishment for their children.’ No! Let God punish the evil people themselves so that they will know what they have done!
20. Let them see their own punishment. Let them feel the anger of God All-Powerful.
21. When their life is finished and they are dead, they will not care about the family they leave behind.