5. Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
6. I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7. “Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
8. For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
9. Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
11. I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12. Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
13. “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
14. If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15. Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.