"The tentsof the destroyersprosper,And those who provokeGodare secure,WhomGodbringsinto their power.
"He who is at easeholdscalamityin contempt,As preparedfor those whose feetslip.
"But nowaskthe beasts,and let them teachyou; And the birdsof the heavens,and let them tellyou.
That you should turnyour spiritagainstGodAnd allow [such] wordsto goout of your mouth?
"Yet He filledtheir houseswith good[things]; But the counselof the wickedis farfrom me.
"He providesthem with security,and they are supported;And His eyesare on their ways.
"The earthis giveninto the handof the wicked;He coversthe facesof its judges.If[it is] not [He], thenwhois it?
From menwith Your hand,O LORD,From menof the world,whose portionis in [this] life,And whose bellyYou fillwith Your treasure;They are satisfiedwith children,And leavetheir abundanceto their babes.
Do not fretbecause of evildoers,Be not envioustoward wrongdoers.
I have seena wicked,violentmanSpreadinghimself like a luxurianttreein its nativesoil.
For I was enviousof the arrogant[As] I sawthe prosperityof the wicked.
That when the wickedsproutedup likegrassAnd allwho didiniquityflourished,It [was only] that they might be destroyedforevermore.
Righteousare You, O LORD,that I would plead[my] casewith You; IndeedI would discussmattersof justicewith You: Whyhas the wayof the wickedprospered?[Why] are allthose who dealin treacheryat ease?
Like a cagefullof birds,Sotheir housesare fullof deceit;Thereforethey have becomegreatand rich.
They are fat,they are sleek,They alsoexcelin deedsof wickedness;They do not pleadthe cause,The causeof the orphan,that they may prosper;And they do not defendthe rightsof the poor.
"Thenthey will sweepthrough[like] the windand passon. But they will be heldguilty,They whosestrengthis their god."
