²⁵ When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

⁵ He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.

⁹ Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

³ No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

³⁰ The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

¹⁹ But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

¹⁹ Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.

²⁰ Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

¹⁸ And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.

²⁴ Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

²⁵ And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

²⁶ And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

²⁷ And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

²⁴ They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.

⁷ Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

²⁷ When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

¹⁸ You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

¹⁹ How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

²⁰ As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

⁹ For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

¹⁰ For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

¹⁹ He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

²⁰ Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

²¹ The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

¹⁸ How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?