^{15 Ref} Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

^{16 Ref} Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

^{17 Ref} Who said to God, 'Depart from us;' And, 'What can the Almighty do for us?'

^{18 Ref} Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

^{19 Ref} The righteous see it, and are glad; The innocent ridicule them,

^{20 Ref} Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'