¹³ Such is the destiny^(A) of all who forget God;^(B)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.^(C)
14 What they trust in is fragile^[a];
    what they rely on is a spider’s web.^(D)
15 They lean on the web,^(E) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.^(F)

¹⁶ Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,^(A)
    for no godless^(B) person would dare come before him!^(C)

³¹ Let him not deceive^(A) himself by trusting what is worthless,^(B)
    for he will get nothing in return.^(C)

³³ He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,^(A)
    like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.^(B)

³⁴ For the company of the godless^(A) will be barren,
    and fire will consume^(B) the tents of those who love bribes.^(C)

⁸ The upright are appalled at this;
    the innocent are aroused^(A) against the ungodly.

⁴ “Surely you know how it has been from of old,^(A)
    ever since mankind^[a] was placed on the earth,
⁵ that the mirth of the wicked^(B) is brief,
    the joy of the godless^(C) lasts but a moment.^(D)
6 Though the pride^(E) of the godless person reaches to the heavens^(F)
    and his head touches the clouds,^(G)
7 he will perish forever,^(H) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’^(I)
8 Like a dream^(J) he flies away,^(K) no more to be found,
    banished^(L) like a vision of the night.^(M)
9 The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.^(N)
10 His children^(O) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.^(P)
11 The youthful vigor^(Q) that fills his bones^(R)
    will lie with him in the dust.^(S)

¹² “Though evil^(T) is sweet in his mouth
    and he hides it under his tongue,^(U)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
    and lets it linger in his mouth,^(V)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;^(W)
    it will become the venom of serpents^(X) within him.
¹⁵ He will spit out the riches^(Y) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit^(Z) them up.
¹⁶ He will suck the poison^(AA) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.^(AB)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers^(AC) flowing with honey^(AD) and cream.^(AE)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;^(AF)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.^(AG)