I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord ridicules them.
The Lord laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming.
But You, O Lord, shall laugh at them; You shall have all the nations in derision.
The fear of the wicked will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
According to his wisdom will a man be praised, but the perverse of heart will be despised.
Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Surely He scorns the scornful, but He gives grace to the humble.
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; suddenly he will be broken without remedy.
For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my supper.’ ”
It will be that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will take pleasure over you to destroy you and to bring you to nothing. You will be plucked from off the land which you go to possess.
Go and cry out to the gods that you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of distress.”