³ He boasts^(A) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.^(B)

¹³ Why does the wicked man revile God?^(A)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?^(B)

¹⁸ Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
    how foolish people^(A) have reviled your name.

⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(A)
a brood of evildoers,^(B)
    children given to corruption!^(C)
They have forsaken^(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(F) on him.

²⁴ Therefore, as tongues of fire^(A) lick up straw^(B)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay^(C)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;^(D)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word^(E) of the Holy One^(F) of Israel.