Those crooks will disappear when a storm strikes, but God will keep safe all who obey him.
They would do the right thing and because they did, they would grow stronger.
They will be forgotten like a dream
How often does he strike them like a storm that scatters straw?
Everyone who trusts the LORD is like Mount Zion that cannot be shaken and will stand for ever.
They lend their money without charging interest, and they don't take bribes to hurt the innocent. Those who do these things will always stand firm.
Good people will be glad when they see the wicked getting what they deserve, and they will wash their feet in their enemies' blood.
Wipe them out quicker than a pot can be heated by setting thorns on fire.
or when trouble and distress surround you like a whirlwind, I will laugh and make fun of you.
Good people will stand firm, but the wicked will lose their land.
Sin cannot offer security! But if you live right, you will be as secure as a tree with deep roots.
Once the wicked are defeated, they are gone for ever, but no one who obeys God will ever be thrown down.
They are like flowers freshly sprung up and starting to grow. But when God blows on them, they wilt and are carried off like straw in a storm.
So I will call you Peter, which means “a rock”. On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it.
You are like a building with the apostles and prophets as the foundation and with Christ as the most important stone.
This will lay a solid foundation for the future, so that they will know what true life is like.
But the foundation that God has laid is solid. On it is written, “The Lord knows who his people are. So everyone who worships the Lord must turn away from evil.”