⁷ When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,
    for they rely on their own feeble strength.

²⁸ The hopes of the godly result in happiness,
    but the expectations of the wicked come to nothing.

¹³ The same happens to all who forget God.
    The hopes of the godless evaporate.
¹⁴ Their confidence hangs by a thread.
    They are leaning on a spider’s web.

²⁰ But the wicked will be blinded.
    They will have no escape.
    Their only hope is death.”

³² The wicked are crushed by disaster,
    but the godly have a refuge when they die.

⁴ When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
    and all their plans die with them.

⁹ “The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them
    and catch up with them.
I will plunder them
    and consume them.
I will flash my sword;
    my powerful hand will destroy them.’
¹⁰ But you blew with your breath,
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.

⁹ Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’
    to those who kill you?
To them you will be no god
    but merely a man!