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

¹⁶ This will be my salvation,
    that the godless shall not come before him.^(A)

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked will fail;
    all way of escape will be lost to them,
    and their hope is to breathe their last.”^(A)

²⁸ The hope of the righteous ends in gladness,
    but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

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

⁵ that the exulting of the wicked is short
    and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?^(A)

¹⁸ so I say, “Gone is my glory
    and all that I had hoped for from the Lord.”