¹³ But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

¹² Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

² He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

¹¹ Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

³ And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

¹⁴ When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.

²⁹ And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

⁴⁹ So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

⁵⁰ And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

¹⁸ Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.

²¹ There is no peace, says my God, for the evil-doers.

¹³ This sin will be to you like a crack in a high wall, causing its fall suddenly and in a minute.

⁴ Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

²³ But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

⁵ You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

⁵ The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

³⁰ How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

⁵ That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

⁵ For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

⁶ My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.

⁷ O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.