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16 They were carried away before their time was up.
    Their foundations were washed away by a flood.
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    God All-Powerful can do nothing to us.’
18 But it was God who filled their houses with good things.
    He did this even though their way of thinking was not godly.

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16 They were carried off before their time,(A)
    their foundations(B) washed away by a flood.(C)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(D)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(E)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(F)

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