²⁵ The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite,
    but the belly of the wicked is empty.^(A)

¹⁰ The young lions suffer want and hunger,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.^(A)

³ The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.^(A)

¹¹ and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want, like an armed warrior.^(A)

²⁴ wasting hunger,
    burning consumption,
    bitter pestilence.
The teeth of beasts I will send against them,
    with venom of things crawling in the dust.^(A)

¹³ Therefore thus says the Lord God:
My servants shall eat,
    but you shall be hungry;
my servants shall drink,
    but you shall be thirsty;
my servants shall rejoice,
    but you shall be put to shame;^(A)
14 my servants shall sing with gladness of heart,
    but you shall cry out in pain of heart
    and shall wail in anguish of spirit.^(B)

³⁴ and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want, like an armed warrior.