¹³ So are the paths of all who forget God.
    The hope of the godless man will perish,
¹⁴ whose confidence will break apart,
    whose trust is a spider’s web.
¹⁵ He will lean on his house, but it will not stand.
    He will cling to it, but it will not endure.

¹⁶ This also will be my salvation,
    that a godless man will not come before him.

³¹ Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
    for emptiness will be his reward.

³³ He will shake off his unripe grape as the vine,
    and will cast off his flower as the olive tree.

³⁴ For the company of the godless will be barren,
    and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

⁸ Upright men will be astonished at this.
    The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

⁴ Don’t you know this from old time,
    since man was placed on earth,
⁵ that the triumphing of the wicked is short,
    the joy of the godless but for a moment?
⁶ Though his height mount up to the heavens,
    and his head reach to the clouds,
⁷ yet he will perish forever like his own dung.
    Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found.
    Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
⁹ The eye which saw him will see him no more,
    neither will his place see him any more.
¹⁰ His children will seek the favor of the poor.
    His hands will give back his wealth.
¹¹ His bones are full of his youth,
    but youth will lie down with him in the dust.