¹⁵ You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,^(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,^(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie^(C) our refuge
    and falsehood^[a] our hiding place.^(D)”

⁸ “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security^(A)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.^(B)
I will never be a widow^(C)
    or suffer the loss of children.’

¹⁷ They keep saying^(A) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’^(B)
And to all who follow the stubbornness^(C) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm^(D) will come to you.’