15. But their own sword, which they have drawn,shall enter their own heart:Their bows which they have bent shall break,and into pieces part.
16. A little that a just man hathis more and better farThan is the wealth of many suchas lewd and wicked are.
17. For sinners' arms shall broken be;but God the just sustains.
18. God knows the just man's days, and stilltheir heritage remains.
19. They shall not be asham'd when theythe evil time do see;And when the days of famine are,they satisfy'd shall be.
20. But wicked men, and foes of God,as fat of lambs, decay;They shall consume, yea, into smokethey shall consume away.
21. The wicked borrows, but the sameagain he doth not pay;Whereas the righteous mercy shews,and gives his own away.
22. For such as blessed be of himthe earth inherit shall;And they that cursed are of himshall be destroyed all.
23. A good man's footsteps by the Lordare ordered aright;And in the way wherein he walkshe greatly doth delight.
24. Although he fall, yet shall he notbe cast down utterly;Because the Lord with his own handupholds him mightily.
25. I have been young, and now am old,yet have I never seenThe just man left, nor that his seedfor bread have beggars been.
26. He's ever merciful, and lends:his seed is bless'd therefore.
27. Depart from evil, and do good,and dwell for evermore.
28. For God loves judgment, and his saintsleaves not in any case;They are kept ever: but cut offshall be the sinner's race.
29. The just inherit shall the land,and ever in it dwell:
30. The just man's mouth doth wisdom speak;his tongue doth judgment tell.
31. In's heart the law is of his God,his steps slide not away.
32. The wicked man doth watch the just,and seeketh him to slay.
33. Yet him the Lord will not forsake,nor leave him in his hands:The righteous will he not condemn,when he in judgment stands.