¹² Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.^(A)

¹⁴ They are now dead,^(A) they live no more;
    their spirits^(B) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;^(C)
    you wiped out all memory of them.^(D)

⁷ The name of the righteous^(A) is used in blessings,^[a]
    but the name of the wicked^(B) will rot.^(C)

¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(A) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(B) from the earth.

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(A)
    your renown endures^(B) through all generations.^(C)

¹⁶ but the face of the Lord is against^(A) those who do evil,^(B)
    to blot out their name^(C) from the earth.

¹⁷ The memory of him perishes from the earth;^(A)
    he has no name^(B) in the land.^(C)

¹⁹ how much more those who live in houses of clay,^(A)
    whose foundations^(B) are in the dust,^(C)
    who are crushed^(D) more readily than a moth!^(E)