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Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness.
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The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].
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A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?
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Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before him. But it shall not be well with a wicked man, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow, because he did not fear before God.
I have seen a wicked man in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. But I passed by, and, lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
And now we call the proud happy. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they challenge God, and escape.
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Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up. Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.
I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation. His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them, whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.
He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
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He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
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In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.
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Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power? Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them. read more.
Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others. Their inward thought is [that] their houses [are] forever, their dwelling-places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names. Even a man in splendor does not abide. He is like the beasts that perish. read more.
This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah. They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah. They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as [other] men, nor are they plagued like [other] men. read more.
Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily. They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth. Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons. When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form. For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart. So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily. They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full [cup] are drained by them. And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth. Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence, for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. If I had said, I will speak thus, behold, I would have dealt treacherously with the generation of thy sons. When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the sanctuary of God, and considered their latter end. Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream from awakening, O LORD, when thou waken, thou will despise their form. For my soul was grieved, and I was pricked in my heart. So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.
A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed forever,
Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously? Thou have planted them. Yea, they have taken root, they grow. Yea, they bring forth fruit. Thou are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he, and makes men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? He takes all of them up with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his drag. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. read more.
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his drag, because by them his portion is fat, and his food plentiful. Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to kill the nations continually?
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his drag, because by them his portion is fat, and his food plentiful. Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to kill the nations continually?
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out. The steps of his strength shall be restricted, and his own counsel shall cast him down. read more.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon the toils. A trap shall take [him] by the heel. A snare shall lay hold on him. A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels. His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side. The members of his body shall be devoured. The first-born of death shall devour his body-parts. He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors. There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned. Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened. Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon the toils. A trap shall take [him] by the heel. A snare shall lay hold on him. A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels. His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side. The members of his body shall be devoured. The first-born of death shall devour his body-parts. He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors. There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned. Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened. Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
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This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. Those who remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation. read more.
Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay, he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes. He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not. Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night. The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place. For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare. He would gladly flee out of his hand. Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay, he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes. He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not. Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night. The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place. For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare. He would gladly flee out of his hand. Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor. A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword. read more.
He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle. Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty. He runs upon him with a [stiff] neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers, because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins. And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of [God's] mouth he shall go away. Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense. It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree. For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle. Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty. He runs upon him with a [stiff] neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers, because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins. And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of [God's] mouth he shall go away. Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense. It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree. For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment? Though his height mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he? read more.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him. His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth. His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, though he spares it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth, yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within him. He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps. The viper's tongue shall kill him. He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights. There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him. When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating. He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through. He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body, yea, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors are upon him. All darkness is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent. The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. The increase of his house shall depart, flowed away in the day of his wrath. This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him. His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth. His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, though he spares it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth, yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within him. He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. He shall suck the poison of asps. The viper's tongue shall kill him. He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights. There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him. When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating. He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through. He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body, yea, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors are upon him. All darkness is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent. The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. The increase of his house shall depart, flowed away in the day of his wrath. This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power? Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them. read more.
Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him? Lo, [is] their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.) How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that [God] distributes sorrows in his anger, that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away? [Ye say], God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it. Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off? Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high? One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened. And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good. They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them. Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me. For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt? Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done? Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb. The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol. And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him? Lo, [is] their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.) How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that [God] distributes sorrows in his anger, that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away? [Ye say], God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it. Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off? Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high? One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened. And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good. They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them. Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me. For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt? Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences, that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath? Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done? Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb. The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
There are [men] who remove the landmarks. They take away flocks violently, and feed them. They drive away the donkey of the fatherless. They take the widow's ox for a pledge. They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves. read more.
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons. They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked. They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor, [so that] they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves. They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly. These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it. The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face. In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light. For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness. For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards. Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned. The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow. Yet [God] preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life. [God] gives them to be in security, and they rest in it. And his eyes are upon their ways. They are exalted. Yet a little while, and they are gone. Yea, they are brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons. They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked. They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor, [so that] they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves. They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly. These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it. The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face. In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light. For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness. For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards. Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned. The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow. Yet [God] preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life. [God] gives them to be in security, and they rest in it. And his eyes are upon their ways. They are exalted. Yet a little while, and they are gone. Yea, they are brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
Ye shall fall by the sword. I will judge you in the border of Israel, and ye shall know that I am LORD.
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And say to the people of the land, Thus says lord LORD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate of And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation. And ye shall know that I am LORD.
And it shall be, that of the families of the earth he who does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, LORD of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt does not go up, and does not come, that there shall be the plague with which LORD will smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to keep the feast of tabernacles.