²⁸ A flood will sweep away their house.
    God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.

¹⁷ In a single moment
    all the wealth of the city is gone!”

¹⁸ Your silver and gold will not save you
    on that day of the Lord’s anger.
For the whole land will be devoured
    by the fire of his jealousy.
He will make a terrifying end
    of all the people on earth.^[a]

⁴ Riches won’t help on the day of judgment,
    but right living can save you from death.

¹⁴ They may have many children,
    but the children will die in war or starve to death.
¹⁵ Those who survive will die of a plague,
    and not even their widows will mourn them.

¹⁶ “Evil people may have piles of money
    and may store away mounds of clothing.
¹⁷ But the righteous will wear that clothing,
    and the innocent will divide that money.
¹⁸ The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider’s web,^[a]
    as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.
¹⁹ The wicked go to bed rich
    but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.

³⁰ Evil people are spared in times of calamity
    and are allowed to escape disaster.

¹⁸ They will give back everything they worked for.
    Their wealth will bring them no joy.
¹⁹ For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute.
    They foreclosed on their homes.
²⁰ They were always greedy and never satisfied.
    Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.
²¹ Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves.
    Therefore, their prosperity will not endure.

²² “In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble
    and be overcome by misery.

¹⁰ Their children will beg from the poor,
    for they must give back their stolen riches.