⁶ As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

¹⁸ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

¹⁹ My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;

²⁰ My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

³⁰ The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

¹² Come ye, `say they', I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, `a day' great beyond measure.

⁷ And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.

¹¹⁷ Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

⁸ I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

⁵ He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Psalm 16 Michtam of David.

⁶ He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

⁷ And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.