12 They sing to the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
13 They
aspend their days in wealth,
And
1 in a moment go down to the grave.
14 aYet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 aWho
is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And
bwhat profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
16 Indeed
1 their prosperity
is not in their hand;
aThe counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows
God adistributes in His anger?
18 aThey are like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that a storm
1 carries away.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
