He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’
“Come,” they say, “let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure.”
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.’
While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
For they are like entangled thorns, like drunkards as they drink; they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.
To the choirmaster. Of David. In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain,
You said, “I shall be mistress forever,” so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
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