9. then he shows them their work,and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
10. He also opens their ears to instruction,and commands that they return from iniquity.
11. If they listen and serve him,they shall spend their days in prosperity,and their years in pleasures.
12. But if they don’t listen, they shall perish by the sword;they shall die without knowledge.
13. “But those who are godless in heart lay up anger.They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
14. They die in youth.Their life perishes among the unclean.
15. He delivers the afflicted by their affliction,and opens their ear in oppression.
16. Yes, he would have allured you out of distress,into a wide place, where there is no restriction.That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
17. “But you are full of the judgment of the wicked.Judgment and justice take hold of you.
18. Don’t let riches entice you to wrath,neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
19. Would your wealth sustain you in distress,or all the might of your strength?
20. Don’t desire the night,when people are cut off in their place.