¹⁷ “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows God ^(A)distributes in His anger?

⁵ “The^(A) light of the wicked indeed goes out,
And the flame of his fire does not shine.
⁶ The light is dark in his tent,
^(B)And his lamp beside him is put out.

^20 (A)Whoever curses his father or his mother,
^(B)His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices,
^(A)But the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

⁷ For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
^8 (A)You have set our iniquities before You,
Our ^(B)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
⁹ For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.

^10 (A)Many sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But ^(B)he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.