³⁴ For ^(A)the company of the godless is barren,
    and ^(B)fire consumes the tents of bribery.

¹³ Such are the paths of all who ^(A)forget God;
    ^(B)the hope of ^(C)the godless shall perish.

^2 (A)The godly has perished from the earth,
    and ^(B)there is no one upright among mankind;
^(C)they all lie in wait for blood,
    and ^(D)each hunts the other with a net.

¹¹ Therefore because you ^(A)trample on^[a] the poor
    and you exact taxes of grain from him,
^(B)you have built houses of hewn stone,
    but you shall not dwell in them;
^(C)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
    but you shall not drink their wine.
¹² For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^(D)take a bribe,
    and ^(E)turn aside the needy ^(F)in the gate.

¹⁴ The sinners in Zion are afraid;
    trembling has seized the godless:
^(A)“Who among us can dwell ^(B)with the consuming fire?
    Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”
^15 (C)He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
    who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
    who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
    ^(D)and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,

¹² because I ^(A)delivered the poor who cried for help,
    and the fatherless who had none to help him.
^13 (B)The blessing of him who was ^(C)about to perish came upon me,
    and I caused ^(D)the widow's heart to sing for joy.
¹⁴ I ^(E)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
    my justice was like a robe and ^(F)a turban.
¹⁵ I was ^(G)eyes to the blind
    and feet to the lame.
¹⁶ I was a father to the needy,
    and I searched out ^(H)the cause of him whom I did not know.
¹⁷ I ^(I)broke ^(J)the fangs of the unrighteous
    and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

^8 (A)For what is the hope of the godless ^(B)when God cuts him off,
    when God takes away his life?