14. Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see. He walks on the vault of the sky.’
15. Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
16. who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
17. who said to God, ‘Depart from us;’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for 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. The innocent ridicule them,
20. saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
21. “Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.
22. Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
23. If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
24. Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25. The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
26. For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
27. You shall make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You shall pay your vows.
28. You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
29. When they cast down, you shall say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.