¹³ Such is the destiny^(A) of all who forget God;^(B)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.^(C)

⁸ For what hope have the godless^(A) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?^(B)

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.

¹⁵ You boast, “We have entered into a covenant with death,^(A)
    with the realm of the dead we have made an agreement.
When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,^(B)
    it cannot touch us,
for we have made a lie^(C) our refuge
    and falsehood^[a] our hiding place.^(D)”

¹⁸ Your covenant with death will be annulled;
    your agreement with the realm of the dead will not stand.^(A)
When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by,^(B)
    you will be beaten down^(C) by it.