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

¹⁷ The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(A)
    all the nations that forget God.^(B)

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