5 Look at me and be astonished;
aPut
your hand over
your mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am terrified,
And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
7 aWhy do the wicked live
and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?
8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses
are safe from fear,
aNeither
is1 the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without failure;
Their cow calves
awithout miscarriage.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children dance.
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.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
