"Behold,their prosperityis not in their hand;The counselof the wickedis farfrom me.
"Let my soulnot enterinto their council;Let not my glorybe unitedwith their assembly;Becausein their angerthey slewmen,And in their self-willthey lamedoxen.
He said,"NakedI camefrom my mother'swomb,And nakedI shall returnthere.The LORDgaveand the LORDhas takenaway. Blessedbe the nameof the LORD."
Is it rightfor You indeedto oppress,To rejectthe laborof Your hands,And to lookfavorablyon the schemesof the wicked?
"Yet He filledtheir houseswith good[things]; But the counselof the wickedis farfrom me.
How blessedis the manwhodoes not walkin the counselof the wicked,Norstandin the pathof sinners,Norsitin the seatof scoffers!
My son,ifsinnersenticeyou, Do not consent.
Keepyour wayfarfrom her And do not gonearthe doorof her house,
Nomanhasauthorityto restrainthe windwith the wind,or authorityover the dayof death;and thereis nodischargein the timeof war,and evilwill not deliverthose whopracticeit.
"And he calledhim and saidto him, 'Whatis thisI hearaboutyou? Givean accountingof your management,for you cannolongerbe manager.'
"But Abrahamsaid,'Child,rememberthat duringyour lifeyou receivedyour good things,and likewiseLazarusbad things;but nowhe is being comfortedhere,and you are in agony.
