Though the wicked flourish like grass and all sinners thrive, They are destined for eternal destruction;
But those who turn aside to crooked ways may the Lord send down with the evildoers. Peace upon Israel!
Like grass they wither quickly; like green plants they wilt away.
Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.
Till I entered the sanctuary of God and came to understand their end.
You set them, indeed, on a slippery road; you hurl them down to ruin.
Let them be ashamed and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace.
More powerful than the roar of many waters, more powerful than the breakers of the sea, powerful in the heavens is the Lord.
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; for he rescued the people from the power of the Egyptians when they treated them arrogantly.”
But profitable for a land in such circumstances is a king concerned about cultivation.
About that time King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them.