¹² Delayed hope makes the heart ill,
    but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

¹⁹ Fulfilled longing is sweet to the soul,
    but avoiding evil is detestable to the fool.

¹⁷ Never let yourself envy sinners;
    instead, remain^[a] in fear of the Lord every day,
¹⁸ for there is surely a future life,
    and what you hope for will not be cut off.