15. Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16. Who were cut down before their time, whose foundation was swept away with a flood:
17. Who said unto 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: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
20. Surely our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.
21. Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you.
22. Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23. If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tents.
24. Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25. Yea, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.
26. For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.
27. You shall make your prayer unto him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.
28. You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.
29. When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
30. He shall deliver the innocent man: and he is delivered by the pureness of your hands.