^{7 Ref} Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

^{8 Ref} Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

^{9 Ref} Their houses `are' peace without fear, Nor `is' a rod of God upon them.

^{10 Ref} His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

^{11 Ref} They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

^{12 Ref} They lift `themselves' up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

^{13 Ref} They wear out in good their days, And in a moment `to' Sheol go down.

^{14 Ref} And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

^{15 Ref} What `is' the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

^{16 Ref} Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

^{17 Ref} How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.