^24-26 With them on guard you can sleep without fear; you need not be afraid of disaster or the plots of wicked men, for the Lord is with you; he protects you.

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

¹³ The lazy man is full of excuses. “I can’t go to work!” he says. “If I go outside, I might meet a lion in the street and be killed!”

¹⁰ You are a poor specimen if you can’t stand the pressure of adversity.

¹³ The lazy man won’t go out and work. “There might be a lion outside!” he says.