⁷ At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

²⁸ The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

¹³ So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

¹⁴ Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.

⁹ Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.

¹⁰ You sent your wind and the sea came over them: they went down like lead into the great waters.

²⁰ But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

⁴ Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

³² The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

⁹ Will you say, in the face of those who are taking your life, I am God? but you are man and not God in the hands of those who are wounding you.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

²⁰ But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?