16. They were snatched before their time;their foundations a river swept away.
17. They said to God, “Let us alone!”and, “What can the Almighty do to us?”
18. Yet he had filled their houses with good things.The designs of the wicked are far from me!
19. The just look on and are glad,and the innocent deride them:
20. “Truly our enemies are destroyed,and what was left to them, fire has consumed!”
21. Settle with him and have peace.That way good shall come to you:
22. Receive instruction from his mouth,and place his words in your heart.
23. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;if you put iniquity far from your tent,
24. And treat raw gold as dust,the fine gold of Ophir as pebbles in the wadi,
25. Then the Almighty himself shall be your goldand your sparkling silver.
26. For then you shall delight in the Almighty,you shall lift up your face toward God.
27. Entreat him and he will hear you,and your vows you shall fulfill.
28. What you decide shall succeed for you,and upon your ways light shall shine.