¹³ Such is the destiny^(A) of all who forget God;^(B)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.^(C)

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked will fail,^(A)
    and escape will elude them;^(B)
    their hope will become a dying gasp.”^(C)

⁸ For what hope have the godless^(A) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?^(B)

²⁴ “If I have put my trust in gold^(A)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’^(B)

²⁸ then these also would be sins to be judged,^(A)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.^(B)

²⁸ The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.^(A)

²⁸ The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.^(A)