He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; for generations I shall not meet adversity.”
In the Lord I seek refuge; how do you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain,
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is no one who does good.
he who does not put his money out to usury, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be moved.
In my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.”
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of people is fully set to do evil.
You said, “I shall be a queen forever,” but you did not take these things to heart, nor remember the outcome of them.
“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as today, only more so.”
Because they are like interwoven thorns and as drunkards imbibing, they are consumed like completely dry stubble.
But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master delays his coming,’
When they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.
To the extent that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her torment and sorrow; for in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and will see no sorrow.’